Madison (Wisconsin) Water Utility’s pump operators usually spend weeknights filling the city’s reservoirs and preparing for the morning water rush — a...
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5 Key Considerations When Buying a New Excavator
If you rely on excavators for some of the work that your organization takes on, you know that they have been, and...
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Keeping Tabs on Your Fuel Usage
Fuel is one of the greatest operating costs for any utility that owns heavy equipment and/or trucks. Working in a way that...
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Florida Epoxy Manufacturer Repurposes Facility to Make Hand Sanitizer
When hand sanitizer started running low at Epoxytec’s south Florida headquarters, no one at the company imagined they’d soon repurpose their entire facility...
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Small Massachusetts Utility Keeping Calm Through Crisis
Although Thomas Orcutt has never dealt with a public disaster as big as COVID-19 before, he knows the drill. Plan ahead. Stay...
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Researchers Propose New Way To Detect Water Leaks
You can delay irrigating the lawn or washing the car all you want, but to really make a big dent in water...
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How to Have Tough Conversations Without Damaging Employee Relationships
No one enjoys conflict and confrontation. We all want to be liked and accepted, and very few of us enjoy hurting people’s...
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EPA’s National Water Reuse Action Plan Makes Reuse a National Priority
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alongside federal partners, will release the National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation, a collection of...
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Improve Your Training Effectiveness
A utility is only as good as its team. When your customers think of your utility, they’ll think of your employees. So...
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Troubleshooting Tips to Keep Your Hydroexcavator on the Job Site
No matter how well a hydroexcavator is engineered and built, the rigors of working under difficult and demanding conditions take their toll....
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How to Find and Train a Leak-Sniffing Dog
Water utilities’ interest in leak-detection dogs has risen since last year, when it was reported that Central Arkansas Water (CAW) in Little...
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'Big Tex' to Bore 5-Mile Tunnel to Alleviate Dallas Flooding
Dallas, Texas' storm sewers, designed and built in the 1930s, are no match for the dense neighborhoods of a 21st-century city. Despite...
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Trenchless Technology Center Releases New Data About CIPP Emissions
The results of a study focused on the safety of emissions resulting from the steam-cured CIPP process are in. The Trenchless Technology...
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Fictional Homemaker Shares Message About Proper Sewer System Care
Patty Potty is on a mission to save sewer systems from flushable wipes and other things people flush that don’t belong there.Her...

















