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Fed up with the accumulating expenses of reacting to sewer line breaks, the city of Lawrence (Massachusetts) Water and Sewer Department is taking a proactive approach to its cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation work.
For too long, the city of Lawrence (Massachusetts) Water and Sewer Department took a strictly reactive approach when it came to sanitary sewer infrastructure repairs. “We would only embark on an infrastructure project when something completely failed, collapsed and started causing backups, which was very costly for the city,” says Brian Peña, acting director of Public Works.With many of the pipes about to reach their 100-year mark, the city needed a drastic change. It turned to engineering and consulting firm Woodard & Curran to help find a solution.A holistic approachThe first step in Woodard & Curran’s plan was a sanitary sewer
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