Roots, inflow and infiltration (I&I) and calcium deposits had caused major backups for the El Toro Water District in Lake Forest, Calif.The...
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No More Overflows
Entries Tagged Inflow and Infiltration (I&I)
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Building First-Stringers
Bench depth is just as valuable to business organizations as it is to sports teams. Just ask the senior management at the...
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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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Plugging the Gaps
A 1992 consent order from the U.S. EPA to reduce sanitary sewer overflows started the Wastewater Collection Division of the Miami-Dade (Fla.)...
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Home Cooking
The city of Ames, Iowa, is moving steadily toward a DIY approach in sewer line cleaning and inspection. As in: Do it...
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Race to Zero
When it rains in St. Petersburg, it pours. But the sewer system no longer overflows the way it used to, and manhole...
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The Bottom Line
The City of Duluth is taking a top-to-bottom approach to eliminating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). In fact, it has to.For one thing,...
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Down to a Science
Extensive modeling for the Lake Mendota watershed in Dane County, Wis., revealed that 500 to 600 acres per year of urban development...
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Noble Savage
Heavy rains were causing infiltration at the Factory Street Pump Station in Ypsilanti, Mich., which receives all the city’s sewage flows.The Ypsilanti...
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SEWER: Training, Technology, Teamwork
Santa Barbara is a historic coastal California city with underground infrastructure that dates as far back as 1870. Maintaining and rehabilitating the...
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SEWER: The Right Battles
Since 2006, the City of Alexandria, Va., has been aggressively rehabilitating its sanitary sewers to address infiltration and inflow. With the bar...
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SEWER: From Mains to Manholes
Positioned between Lansing and Saginaw in central Michigan, Corunna was a small town with big problems. For more than 30 years, its...
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The Hole Solution
Manholes are vital components of the wastewater infrastructure. In recent years, inventive manufacturers have developed accessories that improve on the basic structure...
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Just Right for the Job
The Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority sends wastewater to three area municipal treatment plants and is under a mandate from all...
