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International
TA Drilling Adds TRIC Tools

TA Drilling Ltd., purveyor of high-quality service and equipment to the underground utilities in the United Kingdom and...

February 27, 2012
News
RJN Group Completes Smoke Testing in West Des Moines

RJN Group Inc.’s (RJN) Bettendorf, Iowa office is providing engineering services to address sanitary sewer system infl...

February 15, 2012
News
Highway and Water Funding Cut in FY 2012

Congressional appropriators slashed investment levels for both highway and water infrastructure projects in appropriatio...

February 15, 2012
News
A Look at Laser Pipe Profiling

Ten years ago, the norm in pipe profiling was labor intensive and did not allow for operators to know specifically what...

February 15, 2012
Archives
Laser Technologies: Taking the Guesswork Out of Pipeline Condition Assessment

Available laser technologies allow wastewater managers to truly understand the condition of their pipelines and make fac...

February 15, 2012
Archives
2012 Pumper & Cleaner Show Heads for Indy!

The Super Bowl isn’t the only popular event coming to Indianapolis in 2012. The Pumper and Cleaner Environmental Expo...

February 15, 2012
Archives
Assessing Infrastructure Problems in Missouri

Raymore, Mo., is a small suburb of 18,000 on the south side of Kansas City, Mo. Small, but like all municipalities its s...

February 15, 2012
Archives
Sewer Inspection Made Easy

During a recession, finding money for construction projects and other types of infrastructure maintenance becomes diffic...

February 15, 2012
Archives
Need an Alternative for a Jet Vac Truck?

It seems as if all we hear about when we turn on the news is the bad economy, prices going up and the value of the U.S....

February 15, 2012
Pipe Cleaning
Pipe Cleaning Products

Duke’s Root ControlDuke’s Root Control Inc. is a full-service root control company dedicated to keeping sewe...

February 15, 2012
Directional Drilling
Tough Ground Conditions Not a Problem on Oklahoma Project

Challenging ground conditions made this HDD project difficult but not impossible for one HDD contractor....

February 15, 2012
Directional Drilling
Xylem Breaks Ground on Godwin Pumps Manufacturing Facility Expansion

Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging w...

February 15, 2012
News
Vermeer Launches HDD Tooling & Accessories Warehouse

Vermeer Corp. has introduced its BORESTORE tooling and accessories warehouse, offering its complete line of Vermeer hori...

February 15, 2012
News
All-Day Tunneling Forum and More at NUCA’s Fort Worth Convention

Want help managing all the changes your company faces these days? Then come to NUCA Convention 2012, in Fort Worth, Texa...

February 15, 2012
News
Pure Technologies Announces $17.2 Million in New Work

Pure Technologies Ltd. (TSX: PUR) recently announced that Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), Laurel, Md., h...

February 15, 2012
News
Jim Chaffee Is AWWA’s Next President-Elect

The Board of Directors of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced the election of Jim Chaffee, a Wisco...

February 15, 2012
News
WERF Offers $1 Million for Research on Water Infrastructure for...

The Water Environment Research Foundation seeks proposals for research to generate the science and engineering to improv...

February 15, 2012
News
American Water Expands Water & Sewer Line Protection Programs

American Water Works Company Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced the...

February 15, 2012
News
Capital Engineering Corp. Joins AECOM

AECOM announced Jan. 6 that it has acquired Capital Engineering Corp. (CEC), an environmental and engineering consultanc...

February 15, 2012
Directional Drilling
Drillmaster Report: Maintaining the Life of an HDD Mud Pump

Pump systems play an integral role in the success of any horizontal directional drilling (HDD) project. Charged with cir...

February 14, 2012