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Condition Assessment water main break
Water Main Breaks: U.S. & Canada

The water main break study is the third of its kind conducted by USU with previous versions in 2012 and 2018....

April 11, 2025
Engineering South County Water Main HDD
2024 Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America Survey...

The annual ranking of the Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms....

November 18, 2024
U.S. News Drinking Water
EPA Finalizes Rule to Regulate PFAS in Drinking Water

The U.S. EPA announced a final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR), establishing MCLs for PFAS. ...

April 12, 2024
U.S. News
USU Study Looks at Water Main Break Rates in the...

"Water Main Break Rates in the USA and Canada: A Comprehensive Study," surveyed more than 800 utilities....

March 8, 2024
Features Cleveland Water lead service line replacement
Inside Cleveland Water’s Ambitious Lead Service Line Replacement Program

Even with its success in controlling lead levels, Cleveland Water has launched an ambitious lead service line replacemen...

January 29, 2024
Engineering Michels microtunneling site- aerial view
Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms – 2023 Survey...

Trenchless Technology conducted its 28th survey and ranking of the Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America....

December 4, 2023
News
BMI on the Move

Benjamin Media Inc. — publisher of Trenchless Technology — has moved to a new and larger facility...

January 2, 2023
Engineering Jacobs: Yonge Street culvert rehab
Trenchless Technology’s 2022 Top 50 Engineering Firms Survey Reveals Positive...

In the United States alone, there are about 2.2 million miles of drinking water pipe in the ground. On the wastewater si...

December 2, 2022
Water line replacement
What’s on the Horizon for Lead Service Line Replacement?

Lead is back under the microscope in the U.S. water sector. Although it has become a public health and infrastructure pr...

June 24, 2022
Engineering technical drawing
The 2021 Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America

As the United States approaches the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain shortages, inflation and a shri...

December 13, 2021
News
Congress, Water Sector Signal Optimism for Major Investment

On April 29, the U.S. Senate voted to pass S. 914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA). It...

May 5, 2021
Engineering top 50 trenchless engineering firms
Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms of 2020

Every industry has been assessing how the COVID-19 pandemic and associated challenges are affecting business. While this...

December 2, 2020
Engineering top 50 trenchless engineers 2019
Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms of 2019

As a niche industry, the trenchless technology field is regularly checking its pulse – gauging the health of the m...

December 2, 2019
Features Denver Colorado skyline
High on Trenchless: Denver Metro Projects Accommodate Urban Expansion

The Denver Metropolitan area has had one of the hottest economies of any U.S. city in recent years. A 2019 Denver Post a...

August 19, 2019
Features undersea forcemain
The Top 10 in Trenchless Engineering for 2018

Leading Design Firms Apply Innovative Trenchless Solutions to Big Projects in 2018 As noted in the analysis of Trenchles...

December 13, 2018
Features total trenchless revenue for Top 50
Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms of 2018: Trenchless, by Design

ANALYSIS: Trenchless Technology’s Annual Top 50 Ranking Shows Market Consistency in 2018 Engineering is a critical...

December 11, 2018
U.S. News
Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms of 2018

Topping the ranking in 2018 is Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group, which moves up from the No. 8 spot a year ago afte...

December 10, 2018
Engineering
2018 Trenchless Technology Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms

A look at the Top 50 Trenchless Engineering firms of 2018....

December 10, 2018
Pipe Relining lake heron
Liverpool, Pa., Tackles Overflow Discharge Pipe Rehab at Lake Heron

Liverpool, Pennsylvania, is a small borough located on the Susquehanna River about 30 miles north of the state capital o...

November 9, 2018
Features Joanne Carroll
Joanne Carroll: A Commitment to Trenchless

After nearly 30 years in the business, the first woman to chair North America’s largest trenchless organization is...

September 21, 2018