Sewer Maintenance Articles

Calling all sewer pros! The second edition of Sewer Maintenance 101: A Quick and Dirty Guide to Sewer Inspection and Upkeep is...

Deciding whether to complete collections system maintenance in-house or to outsource the work is a difficult part of any manager’s responsibility. Make an...

Entry 337427The National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI) recently completed and published a comprehensive manual for cleaning and maintaining any sanitary sewer system. Leaders...

As part of one of the oldest cities west of the Mississippi River, the San Antonio Water System’s wastewater collections operation has...

WinCan's free reference poster for PACP Structural Defect Codes includes codes for sewer pipe cracks and more. Get your free copy here. ...

For most of the U.S. and Canada, autumn is marked by falling temperatures, falling rain and falling leaves. For municipalities and sewer...

The Ponca City (Oklahoma) Environmental Services Department is well-versed in wastewater issues, but working in an oil refinery stretched its comfort zone....

Repairs on a massive sinkhole that developed in Fraser, Michigan, 10 months ago following a sewer main collapse are finally coming to...

Corrugated metal pipe has a limited life span. When the infrastructure nears the end of its design life — in most cases,...

Envirosight’s free guide to sewer inspection and maintenance serves as an introduction for industry newcomers. “Sewer Maintenance 101: The Quick and Dirty...

Maintaining a municipal sewer system is no easy task. The complexities of today’s wastewater flows and components coupled with shrinking budgets make...

A recent study of all municipal sewer systems in Tennessee (I&I Survey) shows that inflow and infiltration represents approximately 104.7 billion gallons...

A former longtime employee of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department believes a combination of failure to reinforce some pipes, faulty connections...

An entire neighborhood in a Detroit suburb was evacuated over Christmas weekend after a massive sinkhole opened up, threatening to collapse a...