Oil/Gas Pipelines Rehabilitation
Blocked Pipe Spilling Tainted Water over Idaho Mine Tailings
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — A blocked or broken pipe is causing tainted water in a pond to spill over the soil cap of an old mine’s tailing pile on state-owned land in central Idaho. The water contains orange iron oxide from water seeping from the tailings pile at the Triumph Mine about 12 miles (19 kilom..
Broken Sewer Line from Fontainebleau State Park Repaired
MANDELLIVE, La. (AP) – Park officials say they’ve repaired a broken sewer line that has been leaking untreated wastewater from Fontainebleau State Park into Bayou Castine near Mandeville. The New Orleans Advocate (http://bit.ly/2pceG4i ) reports the park was closed to day visitors Friday and Saturd..
Greenville Explodes Pathway For Sanitary Sewer Expansion
The recent expansion and rehabilitation of the city of Greenville, SC, sanitary sewer system was the first time the utility department undertook the total design and construction of such a project. By doing so, the overall costs were reduced by more than 50 percent, and the project was completed on ..
Pipeline Construction Causes Atlanta Highway to Rupture
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Another major highway through Atlanta was partially shut down on Monday, this one after underground utility work caused the pavement to rise up, break apart and send a passing motorcyclist flying through the air. Witnesses said the motorcyclist was riding in the carpool lane whe..
South Dakota Town Receives $1.6 Million for Relining Project
The South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved a $1.606 million funding package for the City of Lake Norden to reline its wastewater collection system. The funding package includes a $321,000 Consolidated Water Facilities Construction Program grant and a $1.285 million C..
Water Research Foundation Releases New Report on Lead Service Line Lining and Coating Technologies
The Water Research Foundation has released a new research report on lead service line lining and coating technologies that says certain lining and coating technologies can effectively reduce or eliminate the release of lead from lead service lines. The report, Evaluation of Lead Service Line Lining..
Broken Pipe Leaks Chemical Into Lake Michigan Tributary
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A spill at a U.S. Steel plant in northern Indiana that sent wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a Lake Michigan tributary was apparently caused by a pipe failure but testing has found none of that toxic substance in the lake, the company and federal ..
Bypass Construction for Michigan Sinkhole Repair Completed
Construction of the bypass for a sewer line that collapsed Christmas Eve and caused a massive sinkhole in Fraser, Michigan has been completed. “That bypass has now been essentially completed in the last couple of days,” said Candice Miller, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. “We are now runni..
Sewer Spill Impacts Idaho Lake
HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) — Officials in northern Idaho say thousands of gallons of raw sewage seeped into Hayden Lake. KREM-TV (http://bit.ly/2oeHFms ) reports that the Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District was notified Wednesday of the sewage spill. The sewage seeped up from the ground due t..
Fibrwrap Construction
Fibrwrap Construction specializes in trenchless structural strengthening of underground pipelines over 30-inches utilizing the advanced Tyfo Fibrwrap carbon fiber system. With more than 20 years of experience, Fibrwrap has the knowledge and expertise to meet pipeline strengthening needs, and has per..
Investigators: Mexico Sewer Spill Size Remains Unclear
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A binational commission said Monday that it couldn’t determine how much sewage spilled into the southwestern corner of the United States from Mexico from aging infrastructure in the border city of Tijuana. The International Boundary and Water Commission said Mexican authorities rep..
Company Helps Water Utilities Identify Leaky Pipes
FlowNetworx, an affiliate of LB Water Service, Inc., is helping U.S. water utilities find and pinpoint leaks in their distribution networks within a foot of the source, without having to dig large trenches or disrupt service to customers. The company offers leak detection, leak pi..
Boil-Water Notice Lifted After Water Main Repairs Made in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People in Mississippi’s capital city can once again use tap water without boiling it first. Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber said Monday that boil-water notices have been lifted. The notices were issued in parts of the city after workers replaced a broken water main in nor..
Michigan County Awards $32.7M Sewer Construction Contract
The Macomb Interceptor Drain Drainage District Board has awarded a construction contract, worth $32,710,583, to Dan’s Excavating of Shelby Township to repair the collapsed sewer interceptor along 15 Mile Road in Fraser. The board voted to approve the contract on Monday, March 13, 2017. The ..
ePIPE® Technology Awarded 17th U.S. Patent
Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC, makers of the ePIPE®, Lead-Free Leak-Free, LeadSmart™ product lines, has been granted its 17th U.S. patent, #9555453, related to its ePIPE System of “in-place” pipe restoration against leaks, harmful lead leaching and lead service lines. “ePIPE is providing super..
CUES New Easy Grout Computerized Grout Control System
CUES offers a full line of portable, truck, and trailer mounted grout rehabilitation systems for mainline, manhole, and lateral joint sealing with the latest CCTV equipment and decision support software. Its new Easy Grout computerized grout control system is designed to consolidate all the valves, ..
SPIDER Manhole Inspection Scanner Provides New Perspective
CUES, a leading manufacturer of closed-circuit television pipeline inspection equipment, has introduced an innovative new wireless manhole scanning technology called the SPIDER scanner. The SPIDER scanner is the only truly wireless, color, manhole inspection technology in such a lightweight and com..
Infrastructure Repair Systems Patented Trenchless Point Repair Systems
Infrastructure Repair Systems Inc.’s patented trenchless Point Repair Systems come with liners of different weights and customized lengths. Four liner weight options exceed ASTM 1216 standards and have pre-measured epoxy formulated for summer or winter environments: Super Liner has multiple layers ..
California Cries Foul Over Mexico Sewer Spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials in Southern California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed north of the border for more than two weeks, according to a report. The spill was caused Feb. 2 during rehabilitation of a sewage..
Bidding to Repair Mississippi Sewer System Begins
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Two companies have bid to begin repairs to Vicksburg’s 109-year-old sewer system, and it looks like costs will run over $1 million, said a city official. The Vicksburg Post reports (http://bit.ly/2lPi3Mj) that city public works director Garnet Van Norman told officials d..
South Carolina Utility to Begin Water Main Rehab Next Week
Charleston Water System will begin the second phase of waterline rehabilitation projects in Downtown Charleston next week. The $2.4 million project involves using trenchless technology to rehabilitate approximately 2.5 miles of water mains. While the mains are still structurally sound, mineral acc..
PPG To Distribute Sauereisen Wastewater Substrate Repair Products
PPG has reached an agreement to distribute several wastewater infrastructure-repair products manufactured by Sauereisen, a leading global producer of corrosion-resistant materials for industrial applications. Products PPG will offer include: RestoKrete substrate resurfacer No. F-121, a water-res..
Keyhole Pavement Repairs Using Rapid Hardening Cement
Headquartered in Bethlehem, PA, Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the larger cement companies in the nation. For keyhole pavement repairs and backfill requiring limited downtime, Buzzi Unicem USA offers specialty products using CSA ultra-rapid hardening cement. The products are Ulti-Grout approved by GTI; ..
Utility Saves 100 Million Gallons of Water in 2016
Maine Water announced that it pumped and treated 100 million fewer gallons of water in 2016 than it did the previous year, while still delivering the same amount of water to its customers. Judy Wallingford, president of Maine Water, said most water distribution systems across Maine and New En..
Broken Water Line Floods North Dakota Mall
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A broken water line has flooded a large portion of an indoor shopping mall in Bismarck. Mall officials told The Bismarck Tribune (http://bit.ly/2ls3viR ) the leak was detected quickly but the valves to shut off the water were frozen and closing them took two hours. ..
Michigan Extends Emergency Declaration After Sewer Line Collapse
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have extended an emergency declaration for a county north of Detroit following the collapse of a sewer line that caused a sinkhole the size of a football field. The measure approved Wednesday means Macomb County and Clinton Township will remain under an emer..
Pittsburgh Water Problem Affects 100000
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Insufficient chlorine in Pittsburgh’s public water supply led to the closure Wednesday of nearly two dozen grade schools and a boil-water advisory in neighborhoods that include the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority ..
New York Water Tests Come Back Clean
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Statewide targeted sampling for two cancer-causing industrial chemicals found no new cases of drinking water contamination, New York health and environmental regulators said Tuesday. The Water Quality Rapid Response Team, led by the state’s health and environmental conservation ..
Deal Diverts Some Sewage from Broken Pipe to Treatment Plant
FRASER, Mich. (AP) — Some sewage that normally flows through a now-collapsed suburban sewer pipe to a treatment plant in Detroit will be diverted to a separate facility northeast of the city. Macomb County Public Works officials said Friday that they reached an agreement to allow the sewage into th..
Officials: Sediment Reducing Sewage Flow Through Broken Line
FRASER, Mich. (AP) – Macomb County officials say sediment has cut the flow of sewage through a collapsed sewer line that caused a massive sinkhole north of Detroit. Residents and businesses in 11 communities along the 15 Mile Road sewer line are being asked to reduce the amount of water going down ..
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