Entries Tagged Inflow and Infiltration (I&I)

There are infrastructure improvements on every utility’s to-do list. And most battle inflow and infiltration. Finding the right solutions is critical. That’s where...

Sinkholes pose major safety risks, and they do hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage every year. Cover-collapse sinkholes, specifically, are a...

Utilities face myriad, complex challenges when it comes to identifying and eliminating inflow and infiltration issues, and the simplest sounding — but...

Inflow and infiltration in the wastewater collections system draws a utility’s attention. It’s an ongoing threat for sanitary sewer overflows and has...

Olathe, Kansas, is a growing suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area with 141,000 people and almost 11,000 manholes. Ira Speer oversees...

To say that Princeton, Texas, is growing is something of an understatement. The city’s population is on track to top 16,500 people by...

The wastewater infrastructure system in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is undergoing a massive makeover, mostly in an effort to boost the system’s ability to...

Situated 80 miles west of Philadelphia, the city of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has become one of the fastest growing small cities in the United States....

Inflow and infiltration negatively impact public health and the environment and result in higher wastewater treatment costs. Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin,...

Municipal governments and other infrastructure owners are increasingly taking an interest in understanding rehabilitation methods to prevent groundwater infiltration and corrosion in...

Stormwater is a powerful force, and few are out of its reach. I live in the country. I’m on a septic system. My...

In the past, the need for flashlights and confined-space entry deterred many municipalities from investing in their manholes. Yet manhole inspections often...

When the Public Services Department in Florence, Kentucky, claims to provide full service to residents, it is not overstating its role in...

Inflow and infiltration is a risk in any wastewater system. Yet in regions with older infrastructure, groundwater and stormwater that enter a...