About 50 years ago, the first pipeline inspection systems were used to look inside sewer utilities. These early systems were large, heavy,...
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Pipeline Inspections Through the Years
National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) Articles
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Worth the Cost
Why would a municipal utility design and bid a project that significantly reduces I&I and increases the longevity of its sewers...
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Tackling the Issues
At the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO), we are constantly evaluating how we perform as it pertains to our...
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Mission Support
Our mission at NASSCO, the National Association of Sewer Service Companies, has stood the test of time. Written more than 35 years...
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The Education Standard
In the April issue of MSW I discussed the importance of planning the evolution of the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) to...
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Doing More with Less
We have all heard the ongoing joke before: Our industry will soon be expected to do everything with nothing. Only nobody is...
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Setting a Standard
As the president of the Chesapeake Water Environment Association (CWEA) and a former chair of the Collection System Committee, I have seen...
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Sustaining an Inspection Standard
For many years now, you have heard PACP (the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program) pro-claimed as “the standard” in pipeline inspection. It...
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Popular Program Expands
NASSCO’s Inspector Training and Certification Program (ITCP) is a training standard and certification program that provides comprehensive education and tools for professionals...
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Learn What’s New in 2012
There’s something about resolutions at the start of each year that give us all a new perspective. At NASSCO, the National Association...
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Big-Picture Thinking
Last month we looked back at NASSCO’s many accomplishments in 2011, including re-certification initiatives for users and trainers of the Pipeline Assessment...
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Looking Back on 2011
As the year ends, we at NASSCO can look back at many major milestones. Over the past twelve months, NASSCO has made...
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PACP Preview
Part of NASSCO’s mission is to assure the continued acceptance and growth of trenchless technologies. That means we must educate and make...
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Taking the Challenge
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 member...
