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A friend of mine calls it the Three-Foot Rule. It means that when he’s at a trade show, if you come within...

Municipalities, utilities and contractors face stricter enforcement of overweight-vehicle laws. The X-10 vacuum excavator from Hi-Vac Corp. is designed as a lighter...

People who aren’t in the business may find most municipal public works Web sites less than exciting. That’s not the case in...

RIDGID Hosts Forum Appreciation DayRIDGID hosted a three-day Roundup to recognize individuals who contributed to its online forum. Activities included product discussions,...

Plugged pipes are a pain. If they can’t be cleared easily, a city can spend six figures digging them up and replacing...

In the spirit of the holiday season, take a moment to reflect on the year that’s nearly over. Think of what you’ve...

City and utility officials know that manhole covers are disappearing from the streets — some 2,050 from Philadelphia alone in just the...

For more than a decade, the Watershed Manage-ment Division of the City of Gresham, Ore., looked for ways to deal with runoff...

I knew the exact day (July 2) when the July issue of this magazine began hitting readers’ desks. That’s because responses to...

Diesel prices have been taxing for municipalities and utilities and anyone else who depends on diesel-powered equipment and trucks. From July 2007...

High levels of hydrogen sulfide had corroded 1/2 to 1 inch of the concrete-brick and precast concrete manholes in Kalamazoo, Mich., causing...

The municipal water system in Buffalo, N.Y., faces three challenges: aging infrastructure, a declining customer base, and corporate and private customers who...

The Needham (Mass.) Department of Public Works was seeking a way to complete the educational requirement of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...

One look at the topography of Duluth, Minn., and you understand the challenges facing the city’s stormwater management team.Developed as a long,...

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”Kurt VonnegutMost of us can...

I don’t need a crystal ball to see the future of NASSCO’s new Inspector Training and Certification Program. The ITCP provides comprehensive...

Determined to reduce sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and make its collection system perform at optimal levels, the City of Raleigh Public Utilities...

Waterjetters are indispensable tools for cleaning sewer lines. Manufacturers constantly make incremental improvement in this mature technology, and one of them is...