Videos Profile

Go on the job site with Elexco, a multi-faceted excavation company based out of Seymour, Wisconsin. The company does everything from excavating/trenching for telecommunication fiber optic lines and digging foundations for and constructing cellphone towers to drilling bores for utility pipelines, laying municipal water and sewer pipes and working on specialty civil engineering projects. In this video, watch the company tackle a 30,000-foot fiber optics installation in western Wisconsin. Elexco’s Connor Frisch and Gabe Seidl take you through all facets of the job, from potholing for utilities with a Rival T-10 XL vac truck to details about the company’s directional drilling and mud mixing systems.Learn more about the features and benefits of Rival trucks by visiting www.rivalhydrovac.com.

Nature-based approaches, creative regulations and incentivized retrofits are just a few ways the City of Philadelphia is working toward treating stormwater as a resource rather than a waste product

Join public works director Glen Balliew and lab tech Tim Reed as they talk about source water management in the city of Kirksville, Missouri

Officials from the Johnson County (Kansas) wastewater department give viewers a look at a pipe inspection job and relining project

A policy of transparency is helping Fond du Lac residents understand the importance of water infrastructure

In this video profile, workers with the city of Liberty, Missouri, use a CCTV van setup by Envirosight and its ROVVER X camera to inspect sanitary sewer lines. Then, a crew installs a new 8-inch water main in an area that had been plagued by chronic leaks.

In this video profile, Rainbow Municipal Water District's general manager, Tom Kennedy, discusses the challenges that come with a service area transitioning from heavily rural and agricultural to more residential

Eight VACMASTERS units give full-service potholing company Underground Solutions a competitive edge.

The February 2017 Municipal Sewer & Water cover story focuses on an 18-year, $500 million effort undertaken by the city of Toledo, Ohio, to upgrade infrastructure and cut down on the amount of sewer overflows.

Many people had to come together to bring the Rhinelander Downtown Streetscape Project to fruition. In this video, you’ll hear from some of them: Mark Barden, of Town & Country Engineering, on the years of design work needed before the water and sewer upgrade could get underway; Rhinelander Public Works Director Tim Kingman on the unique obstacles workers have encountered in century-old underground infrastructure; a local business owner in the heart of the construction zone on how he’s coped.It’s a snapshot of a community still in the midst of the disruption a project of this scope causes, but everyone realizes and has their eyes on the long-term gains.

Wireless headsets can help avoid costly miscommunications

An closeup look at the Rhinelander Streetscape Project from above

In 2014, the city of Napa, California, experienced a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, which caused about a year’s worth of water main breaks in just six days.

Watch how rain gardens provide a relatively simple solution to a major stormwater runoff problems in Durham, NC.

Take a step back in time as the City of Adrian (Michigan) Utilities Department rehabilitates its old brick arch sewer.

Twelve technicians, an array of camera inspection systems, and a pair of combination sewer cleaners — including a brand new Vactor 2100 Plus — help Mishawaka’s Dept. of Sewer Maintenance achieve efficiency.

Take a virtual tour of the Victorville (California) wastewater treatment facility to learn more about the day-to-day work inside the plant.

The special water district in La Habra Heights, a hilly town in Southern California with a small population, has a lot going for it despite its challenges. Watch and listen as Michael Gualtieri, general manager, describes his district’s varied terrain, electricity usage, reservoirs and more.

Using their new CUES LAMP II lateral camera truck, the North Olmsted (OH) collections system crew is able to inspect not only the main sewer lines, but also shoot a camera sideways into the lateral lines, all the way to the “tee” where the customer’s lateral ties in. Take a look inside to see how the system works.