A service call to unblock an 8-inch gravity main fed by a 6-inch force main packed a surprise for the Gwinnett County...
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Conquering Corrosion
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Deep Integration
The Arlington (Texas) Water Utilities Department has always been an early adopter of technology. In the mid-1990s, the department launched a project...
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Wrapped Up
Fire flows as low as 300 to 400 gpm and customer complaints of rusty water kept the Marion (Ind.) Water Department busy...
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Every Day, All Hours
In most places, I&I is a seasonal problem or is driven by rain events. For the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Water and Sewer Department,...
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Pipeline Inspection, Surveying and Mapping
Inspection controllersNew control units from RapidView IBAK North America communicate with the company’s pipeline inspection equipment and present users with relevant diagnostic...
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Manholes and Catch Basins
External sealThe Infi-Shield external seal from Sealing Systems prevents erosion and infiltration in manholes or catch basins. The one-piece molded seal is...
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No Excuses
Hands-on control of maintenance and well-organized inter-active divisions have enabled the Fort Worth (Texas) Water Department to overcome SSOs caused by grease,...
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Best Crew for the Job
The General Maintenance Department of Pinellas County (Fla.) Utilities serves a county with the state’s highest population density, at about 3,300 residents...
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The Whole Big Picture
Inspecting large sewers can be inconvenient and costly, in part because taking an interceptor line out of service for traditional crawler-based inspection...
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Leave It to the Experts
The Wastewater Maintenance Section in the City of Glendale, Calif., has attacked the root of its sewer problems by letting the guys...
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More with Less
Like many smaller cities, Conneaut, Ohio is looking to stretch its budget. At present, the Wastewater Department faces a systemwide video inspection...
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Out of the Comfort Zone
The small community of Bay Village, Ohio, was doing everything it should in sewer maintenance: mainline inspection, regular cleaning, root control and...
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Getting Tough on I&I
Heavy rains were over-whelming the Vallejo (Calif.) Sanitation and Flood Control District sewers and bypass systems, sending untreated sewage into San Francisco...
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Intelligent Planning
Software that can detect and filter e-mail spam incorporates a library of known spam characteristics, learns from user input and recognizes patterns....
