Years of drought interrupted by occasional cloudbursts dropping up to 12 inches in one day caused problems in the older sections of...
Inspection Camera Articles
Editorial
Inspection System Navigates Tight Turns, Small Lines
The SeeSnake nanoReel N85S industrial inspection camera system from RIDGID is made for ultrasmall lines, ranging from 3/4 to 2 inches. The...
Editorial
All According to Plan
More than half the sewer lines in Great Neck, N.Y., are nearly a century old. But like a spry senior citizen who...
Editorial
Two for One
Waterjetters and cameras are basic tools for sewer inspection and cleaning. Manufacturers have taken a variety of approaches to combining those capabilities...
Editorial
Product News - January 2011
Coxreels Introduces Multi-Position Guide ArmThe Side Mount Series of reels from Coxreels feature a multi-position guide arm for maximum hose control....
Editorial
Daily Progress
When Bob Donati started working forthe Department of Water and Wastewater Resources in Daly City, Calif., 23 years ago, sewer cameras were...
Editorial
Leave It to the Experts
The Wastewater Maintenance Section in the City of Glendale, Calif., has attacked the root of its sewer problems by letting the guys...
Editorial
More with Less
Like many smaller cities, Conneaut, Ohio is looking to stretch its budget. At present, the Wastewater Department faces a systemwide video inspection...
Editorial
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...
Editorial
Getting Control
An ambitious pilot project using green solutions in Kansas City, Mo., is believed to be the largest of its kind for combined...
Editorial
Home Cooking
The city of Ames, Iowa, is moving steadily toward a DIY approach in sewer line cleaning and inspection. As in: Do it...
Editorial
Badge of the Professional
When is a wastewater collections department a school? When it’s the Pure Waters Division of the Monroe County (N.Y.) Department of Environmental...
Editorial
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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From the Inside
Private sewer laterals are a major source of infiltration in many communities. Inspecting those pipes can be a chore, because in many...











