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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. ClarkeI am old enough (easily) to remember when home computers were widely...

Every four years, our country’s infrastructure gets graded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). With its Report Card on America’s...

Facing the problems of sewer lines more than 100 years old, and network maps used to service them just as ancient, the...

Pipe inspection software continues to get more sophisticated. Features that allow the recording of data while a video inspection proceeds have become...

In a manner of speaking, employees of Austin Water Utility treatment plants used to work in silos. They operated as independent entities,...

The Stingray open channel flow logger from Greyline Instruments Inc. enables technicians to monitor wastewater velocity and flow without entering manholes.“A sewer...

Cloverleaf Tool Names Rawlings General Manager Kevin Rawlings has been promoted to general manager for Cloverleaf Tool Co. Rawlings has 12 years...

Shaped by gravity and topography, watersheds rarely conform to political boundaries. And yet, counties, cities and villages need to be aware of...

As a suburb of Boston, Mass., the Town of Dedham was all too familiar with the pitfalls, disruption and enormous costs of...

A 2 1/2-foot-deep sinkhole, 3 feet square, developed in Tacoma, Wash., when soil eroded under a 115-kV transmission tower after a cookie...

The boa constrictor is one of the world’s most feared predators. Once it wraps around its prey, that’s the end.Contrary to myth,...

Maintaining the distribution infrastructure is a critical challenge for the Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC), known locally as Halifax Water.The HRWC, centered...

In New York state, the largest source of pollution is stormwater. It’s a problem more and more residents of Monroe County are...

I picked up The Washington Post just a few days after President Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th president, and...

Trenchless technologies for replacing water and sewer pipes — lining, pipe bursting and others — have become well established. For prospective users,...

Salaries used to give employees plenty to talk about around the water coolers at the Tualatin Valley Water District in metropolitan Portland,...

The 29th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International drew an optimistic crowd to the Kentucky Exposition Center Feb. 25-28.While the economy...

NASSCO Introduces Sewer Grouting Web SiteThe National Association of Sewer Service Companies has launched www.sewergrouting.com, a Web site for the group’s Infiltration...