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A Midwest City Turns to CIPP to Rehabilitate Water Main

All cities have traditions they are known for, whether it’s specialty foods or holiday celebrations. There is comf...

October 21, 2015
Pipe Relining
Bangor Water District Uses Polyurea Liner to Rehab Cast-Iron Pipe

Decades of normal use take a toll on municipal water infrastructure assets. Over time, mineral deposits build up inside ...

October 20, 2015
Pipe Relining
Non-Round Sewer Pipelines – What to Do When It’s Time...

Different shaped pipes have been used for centuries to help facilitate low flow velocities in sewer systems. These non-r...

October 20, 2015
Pipe Relining Insituform Daytona Beach project
Insituform RPP Used to Rehab Daytona Beach Pressure Pipe

While traditional cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) for gravity pipeline systems has been around for 40-plus years, reinforced ...

October 16, 2015
Pipe Relining
Tips for a Successful Rehab Installation

A successful rehabilitation installation involves, quite simply, preparing and implementing a plan. Although easy to say...

October 14, 2015
Pipe Relining
Baltimore Benefits from Emergency Storm Drain Repair

The Harris Creek Storm Drain starts at Eager and Wolfe Streets and traverses roughly 8,000 ft in a southerly route throu...

October 13, 2015
Features
Acrylate Resinous Grout Systems: New Solutions for Stabilizing Soil and...

Resins that are chemical grouts are the perfect example of science and engineering going hand in hand. “Grouting&r...

October 8, 2015
Features
Rehabbing a Century-Old Interceptor Sewer Without Disturbing Bird Sanctuary and...

What a difference a century makes. When the Southwest Minneapolis Interceptor Sewer was built in 1918, it was one of the...

October 6, 2015
Features Subsite Electronics Locating Equipment
Clay County Utility Authority Embraces Locating

Clay County, Fla., southwest of Jacksonville and west of historic St. Augustine, is home to more than 192,000 people. Ma...

October 6, 2015
Features
KRG Utility Completes Static Pipe Bursting Project In Wilmington, N.C.

In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) issued a Special Order of Consent (SOC) with the state of N...

October 5, 2015
Canada
Toronto’s Massive Push for Underground Infrastructure Tests the Durability of...

Toronto, Canada’s aging system of sewers and water mains is a manageable problem — until the mercury dips. R...

October 2, 2015
Features
Groundbreaking Colorado Project Rehabs Culverts with CCCP

Centrifugally cast concrete pipe (CCCP) is an established trenchless rehabilitation solution for large diameter sewers a...

September 30, 2015
Features
HDD Advisor Takes the Guesswork out of Downhole Tooling Choices

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) jobs are tough enough with so many details to take care of during pre-planning and...

September 29, 2015
Directional Drilling
Horizontal Environmental Drilling – Not Just for Well Installations Anymore

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) methods have been used in the environmental market since the late 1980s. Most of t...

September 29, 2015
Features
Chicago Welcomes WEFTEC 2015

The 2015 WEFTEC Show returns to Chicago Sept. 26-30 for its 88th annual event at the McCormick Place convention center, ...

September 25, 2015
Features
Improved Design and Constructability through Four Trenchless Installation Methods for...

When approaching any project, no matter the size or complexity, it is important to keep an open mind. With different cha...

September 23, 2015
Features
Charlotte’s Paw Creek Basin: Significant I/I Reduction Achieved through Basin-Wide...

Charlotte Water (formerly the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department), located in Charlotte, N.C., provides water and ...

September 23, 2015
Directional Drilling
Vermeer Introduces S3 Trio, InSite Productivity Tools

After five years of querying customers and working at the drawing board, Vermeer Corp.’s Underground Division is f...

September 10, 2015
Leak Detection
Illinois American Water Takes on the One Billion Gallon Water...

As our population increases, the demand for clean, fresh water will also rise, making existing supplies a very precious ...

September 9, 2015
Features
Rx for Preventing, Removing and Keeping Pipes Free of FOG

The old sayings “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and “Prevention is the best med...

September 8, 2015