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The 2 Ingredients for a Successful Sewer Asset Management Program
Rapid growth over the last two decades in Hillsboro, Oregon, has forced the city to expand its wastewater infrastructure, a challenge compounded...
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An Introduction to Side-Scan Sewer Inspection
Like many industries, sewer inspection benefits from technologies developed elsewhere — typically for consumer goods (microcameras, digital video, digital control networks), or...
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Sewer Inspections: The Most Exhaustive Approach is Seldom the Most Practical
If you’re trying to meet the increasing demands for infrastructure inspection with the same old workflows and technology, you’re fighting a losing...
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Clean Sewers With Half the Water
In drought-stricken cities, water conservation means jetting smarter. With numerous states facing their driest spells in history, many are being forced to...
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Inspect Smarter with PACP
Most municipalities lack the personnel and budget to keep ahead of sewer maintenance needs, meaning no effort can be wasted. Standardization of...
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The Case for a Modular Sewer Inspection Platform
When evaluating a sewer inspection crawler, it’s important to determine how well it adapts to different challenges — both current and anticipated.To...
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Creating a Clean Water Legacy
Nicknamed the Star City of the South, Roanoke, Virginia, has a population of just under 100,000 and 43 square miles of land....
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What the Heck is Acoustic Pipe Inspection? — Part 3
In the in the final part of our series on acoustic pipe inspection (or API) you’ll learn about the nature of the...
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What the Heck is Acoustic Pipe Inspection? — Part 2
In the first part of our “What the Heck is Acoustic Pipe Inspection” series we explored the three latest methods of Acoustic...
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What the Heck is Acoustic Pipe Inspection?
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on acoustic pipe inspection. Watch MSWmag.com for more on this technology, including...
Editorial
Get a Better Look at Your Sewer Pipes
Zoom assessment allows utilities to get a quick picture of what’s happening in their pipes and target further inspection accordingly. It’s an...
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Condition Assessment is More Than Just Inspecting Pipe
Someone asked me 15 years ago what I did for a living, and I proudly answered, "I inspect pipe." I could barely contain my enthusiasm. Here...
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News Briefs: Human Remains Cause Sewer Blockage
The Phoenix Police Department continues to investigate how human remains ended up in a sewer system in the Paceo Point subdivision, where...





















