Manhole Articles

Noncorrosive fiberglass manholes, wet wells and rehabilitation manholes from Containment Solutions are built watertight. They are designed as single structural units and...

It’s a simple idea, one maybe you even thought of. But it took Shane Jacobson and a co-worker to pursue it: an...

An emergency sewer project in Seattle — caused when concrete from a nearby construction project entered the sewer system — will take...

The manhole shield package from Eull’s Mfg. includes concrete grade rings, underground mortar, masonry shim strips and impermeable I/I barrier for correct...

Editor's note: Here, we highlight just a portion of the Evanston, Ill., collections system. For more information, check out the December cover story,...

Polypropylene pipe stops unwelcome stormwater infiltrationProblem To prevent stormwater from infiltrating into its sewer system, the City of Moberly, Mo., decided to replace...

Des Moines is Iowa's largest city, but with a population of only 203,000, it deserves its reputation as a quiet,...

Rock Mills Enterprises announced that Rock Mills and The Lifter have been featured on “Improving Efficiencies through Innovative Technologies” as part of...

Lexington, Ky., is the thoroughbred equestrian capital of the U.S. — possibly the world. The Division of Water Quality of the Lexington-Fayette...

Mortar missing between manhole risers in Zieglerville, Pa., created large gaps through which Perkiomen Creek poured when flooded. Flows frequently exceeded the...

The phrase ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ is usually an overstatement, but that’s not the case in Pittsburg, Kan. “Now we have...

The general public and regulatory agencies have grown more sensitive to sanitary sewer spills. In states like California, where sewer system management...

Installed in the 1920s, the brick and block manholes in Waupaca, Wis., were failing from age. Some were in danger of collapsing....

Flexible epoxy repairs manhole chimneysProblemInflow and infiltration entering the sewer system through manholes during wet weather caused severe overflows at the three...