A giant muskellunge made of concrete, steel and fiberglass presides over the northwest Wisconsin city of Hayward at the Freshwater Fishing Hall...
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Playing in the Big Leagues
Entries Tagged Inflow and Infiltration (I&I)
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Bursting the Conventional Wisdom
Faced with a consent decree from federal and state environmental agencies and a compliance program with financial burdens, the City of Lawton,...
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Against the Current
The resort community of Girdwood, Alaska, receives more than 200 inches of snow annually. That’s good news for tourists who enjoy skiing...
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Knowing the Flows
State-of-the-art flow monitoring technology is a key to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s effort to manage and eliminate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs),...
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Manholes and Catch Basins
Expandable rings raise manholesto gradeProblemThe City of Winston-Salem, N.C., annually raises about 100 manholes to grade. “The risers were somewhat difficult to...
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Buying Back Capacity
Fairfield, Ohio, just might be a poster child for the power of thinking ahead — and thinking long-term. The city, a Cincinnati...
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Sitting Ducks
In the campaign against I&I, there are lots of enemies you can’t readily see. Broken mains and laterals. Illegally connected sump pumps,...
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Sealing the Deal
In 2004, multiple storms in Milwaukee caused a series of overflows that sent untreated sewage into waterways that empty into Lake Michigan....
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Secure Connections
Wastewater Collection Services in Salem, Ore., has come a long way since its grouting van was a converted horse trailer towed by...
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Leap of Faith
How will we know that your projections and expected benefits will play out?”That’s the question Brett Richards faced from the Ross Valley...
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Essential Players
The team at El Toro Water District (ETWD) in Lake Forest, Calif., includes two professionals with a combined 61 years of experience...
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Case in point: Impact of leaking laterals
A simulation of a minor rainstorm found that four times more stormwater would leak into sewer laterals in several neighborhoods in the...
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A Matter of Choice
Even the most successful door-to-door salesman would be envious of the sewer department in South Williamsport, Pa. The department is correcting a...
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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...
