The Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) of Knoxville, Tenn., is engaged in an assertive program to renew its wastewater infrastructure. The effort consists...
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Root Force
Entries Tagged Inflow and Infiltration (I&I)
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Holistic Approach
Like many American cities, Lynchburg, Va., faces a combined sewer overflow problem. By following a strategy of performing the least costly work...
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Pulling Through
As many municipalities strive to repair their aging infrastructures, agencies must evaluate a variety of methods for their ability to extend service...
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Former Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s Executive Director Honored by NACWA
Jeff Theerman, vice president and senior utility consultant for environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award...
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No Size Restrictions
The city of Minden, La., might be easy to miss on a map. Its population of 13,000 people could fit in the...
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Manholes and Catch Basins
Catch basin riserCatch basin risers from American Highway Products are used to reduce cost and streamline the adjusting of utilities to the...
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Manholes and Catch Basins
Grout prevents contaminationProblemA broken sewer line in Baltimore, Md., allowed wastewater to infiltrate voids in the mortar joints of a brick stormwater...
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A New Way to Target I&I
Kentucky's Sanitation District 1 (SD1) was facing a 2007 U.S. EPA consent decree to address combined and sanitary sewer overflows. The district...
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Weathering the Storm
Sweet Home, Ore., is nestled in central Willamette Valley, about 100 miles south of Portland, near the foothills of the Cascade...
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The FOG is Lifting
Alexander City is located in central Alabama, midway between Birmingham and Montgomery. The Tallapoosa River runs nearby and feeds Lake...
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Bringing It All Together
So how does a sewer district that once consisted of 79 different systems in 91 separate communities and has pipes up...
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Pipeline Rehabilitation and Relining
Fusible pipe withstands pulling forceProblemBlair Township in Grand Traverse County, Mich., was required to expand water storage and delivery infrastructure to increase...
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Stemming the Flow
Mortar missing between manhole risers in Zieglerville, Pa., created large gaps through which Perkiomen Creek poured when flooded. Flows frequently exceeded the...
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Municipal ordinances and pipe bursting remedies for I&I
Inflow and infiltration (I&I) of stormwater into a city’s sanitary sewer system can be a major problem. King County, Wash., estimates that...
