In early May, Fulton County (Georgia) Public Works had its first true test.
A storm hit the area, producing 6 inches of rain...
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Take WinCan’s MACP Components Quiz
As a sewer professional, you need to know about the core components of manholes. WinCan’s latest quiz tests your ability to identify...
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Product Focus - June 2021
ApplicatorRFI Construction Products SPN1000 and RSP500The SPN1000 1-inch rotary nozzle and RSP500 rotor stator pump from RFI Construction Products provide air motor power for manhole rehabilitation with specialty fine-grain,...
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Finding the Faults: How Leak Detection Advancements Can Help You Quantify I&I
As the leader of a large and rapidly growing water/wastewater utility, Richard Cummings needs to make sure I&I issues are identified accurately...
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Focused on Manhole Solutions
Leaking manholes are a problem for every wastewater utility. Cretex Specialty Products has been providing solutions to that problem for 40 years.
General...
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Product Focus - December 2020
Catch Basin Hoods/Traps/FiltersCretex Specialty Products PRO-RINGPRO-RING from Cretex Specialty Products is a concrete-alternative manhole and catch basin grade-adjustment system that is available in round, square...
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Safety Tips for Working In and Around Manholes
The importance of practicing safety when working on sewer projects in and around manholes can never be emphasized enough. Keep this information in...
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Don't Ignore Manhole Safety
Manholes are vertical and confined — two conditions that lead to falls and to being felled by dropped tools — and could...
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News Briefs: Rapid Freeze-Thaw Cycle Breaks Pipes in Midwest
Entry 339496Rapid thawing after a deep freeze in the Midwest has some utilities working around the clock to fix cracking water pipes.
Bloomfield,...
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News Briefs: Boy Miraculously Survives Getting Sucked Into a Flowing Drainage Ditch
Entry 339692Authorities in Harrison, Wisconsin, are calling it a miracle. An 11-year-old boy was unharmed after being sucked into the culvert of...
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'Pirate Printers' Find Beauty in Manhole Covers
Art and sewers are rarely associated, but European company raubdruckerin is turning manhole covers, grates, street tiles and other utility fixtures into...
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Making the Grade
As road surfaces age, deteriorate, and go through resurfacing cycles, maintaining manholes and keeping them at the proper grade becomes increasingly difficult.
Nearly...
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Manhole Inspection Module Now Available
Manhole inspections are an essential task for municipalities. By some estimates, manholes account for 40 percent of inflow and infiltration, and the...
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Contractor Helps Municipalities Tackle Manhole Issues
Diversification drives growth for many companies, but Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Save Our Sewers has taken a different approach. The company focuses on...



















