Maintaining the distribution infrastructure is a critical challenge for the Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC), known locally as Halifax Water.The HRWC, centered...
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STORM: Building Momentum
In New York state, the largest source of pollution is stormwater. It’s a problem more and more residents of Monroe County are...
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Having Faith in Our Recession-Proof Industry
I picked up The Washington Post just a few days after President Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th president, and...
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Solution Selector
Trenchless technologies for replacing water and sewer pipes — lining, pipe bursting and others — have become well established. For prospective users,...
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Merit Raises Pay Dividends
Salaries used to give employees plenty to talk about around the water coolers at the Tualatin Valley Water District in metropolitan Portland,...
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Ready For Duty
The 29th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International drew an optimistic crowd to the Kentucky Exposition Center Feb. 25-28.While the economy...
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Industry News - April 2009
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...
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Fighting the Snake
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,...
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Industry News - March 2009
LMK Launches New Web SiteLMK Enterprises Inc. has launched its new Web site, www.performance liner.com. The site offers online product brochures, installation...
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Trailer-Mounted Jetter Combines Power and Durability
The Sewer Jet 700 from John Bean Sprayers offers municipalities an advanced trailer-mounted waterjetter that is powerful, durable and easy to operate.“This...
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A Committee Gets It Done
In many organizations, great ideas can be doomed by four simple words: Let’s form a committee. Not in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County....
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Small-Footprint Digging and Vacuuming
Truck-mounted vacuum and jetting systems are essential tools in sewer maintenance and can be adapted with relative ease for hydroexcavation. Yet for...
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The Value of Consent Decrees
Our industry is lucky: We have a consistent silver lining during these cloudy economic times. Some may differ, but I believe consent...
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SEWER/WATER: In It Together
Part way into an ambitious project to end combined sewer overflows (CSOs), the City of Lansing decided to make it even more...
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SEWER: Smart Choices
Like many midsized cities, Haines City, Fla. (population 14,000), must struggle to get the most possible out of a limited budget. Meanwhile,...
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Do You Have a “Fire Chief Speech”?
This issue of Municipal Sewer & Water contains another story about a smaller community with forward-looking infrastructure managers who could be even...
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STORM: United Front
To educate people about stormwater pollution and influence their behaviors, officials in Chittenden County, Vt., took a unified, collaborative approach that includes...
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Conquering Corrosion
Like many historic districts, Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M., was struggling with its aging infrastructure. Hydrogen sulfide had eroded the reinforced concrete...








