Sewer

Ohio City Gets Funding to Upgrade Sewer System

The Ohio EPA has approved a low-interest loan worth approximately $1.6 million for the City of Warren’s High Street overflow planning project, in an effort to improve water quality in the Ohio River watershed. The city plans to permanently close the High Street overflow system, which will involve i..

Ohio Town Receives Funding for Sanitary Sewer Upgrades

The Ohio EPA has awarded the City of Chardon with a $230,685 low-interest loan from its Water Pollution Control Loan Fund that will allow the community to develop a plan to remedy undersized sewers and prevent sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Erie. With the loan, the city plans to design sanitary..

Seattle Plant Failure Causes Sewer Spill

SEATTLE (AP) — Millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated runoff have poured into the United States’ second-largest estuary since a massive sewage treatment plant experienced equipment failures that forced it to stop fully treating Seattle’s waste. The county-run facility has been hobbling alo..

Michigan Senate OKs $5M Sinkhole Loan, Allots Flint Funds

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate has approved a $5 million state loan to help repair a sinkhole in suburban Detroit and has voted to allot $100 million in federal funding to address Flint’s water crisis. The mid-year budget bill cleared the Republican-controlled chamber 36-1 Wednesda..

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..

Florida DEP Awards Funding for Stormwater Projects

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded more than $500,000 in Total Maximum Daily Load water-quality restoration grants for stormwater projects in two communities. Total Maximum Daily Load water-quality restoration grants are awarded to local communities and water manage..

Research and Markets Adds Water infrastructure Repair Tech Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Water Infrastructure Repair Technologies: Global Markets” report to their offerings. The scope of the market analyzed in this report includes water infrastructure repair technologies used in global drinking water distribution and wastewater co..

Companies Install First Intelligent Wastewater Pumping System in North America

Xylem and DC Water today announced they have successfully completed the first installation of Xylem’s Flygt Concertor, the world’s first wastewater pumping system with integrated intelligence, in North America.  The Flygt Concertor significantly advances the sustainability of the wastewater sector b..

144 Canadian Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects Receive Funding

Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Peter Fassbender, British Columbia’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, have announced $373.2 million in funding for 144 new projects in British Columbia through the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund. The Gover..

Honolulu Fined $100,000 for Sewer Spills in August 2015

HONOLULU (AP) — The city of Honolulu has been fined $100,000 for mistakes that triggered a number of sewage spills in August 2015. Heavy rains caused sewer overflows in Kailua and Kaneohe three times in August 2015. The damage forced the city to close Waikiki Beach for days. State health departmen..

M-I SWACO Drilplex HDD Inorganic Viscosifier

M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, offers Drilplex HDD inorganic viscosifier, specially engineered for water-based bentonite drilling fluids to accommodate both maxi and mini HDD rigs. Drilplex HDD allows the formulation of fluids with shear-thinning properties, resulting in a drilling fluid with bo..

CASE Issues Call for Entries for Equipment Grant

CASE Construction Equipment has issued a call for entries for their 2017 Dire States Equipment Grant. Beginning in 2016, this is the second time that CASE has offered the grant, which provides one winning community with $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing ..

Report: Global Sewer and Water Utilities Market to Grow Through 2021

According to the latest procurement intelligence report from Technavio, the global water and sewer utilities market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 5% over the next five years due to the growing importance of grey water utilization. “Greywater recycling systems collect and treat the used..

Few Ohio Water Suppliers Miss Deadline for Lead Pipe Maps

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio regulators say nearly all of the state’s public drinking water systems have turned in maps showing where they still have lead pipes. The state’s Environmental Protection Agency said last week that about half of the drinking water suppliers were in danger of missing a dead..

Massachusetts Public Works Honors Two Employees

Two underground construction employees were honored by the Cambridge Department of Public Works for their work in the third and fourth quarters of 2016 on March 8, 2017. Michael Abcunas, a Sewer Use Compliance Officer, and Paulo Almeida, a Construction Utility Inspector/Lic., received the organizat..

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 ..

CETCO VELOXITY-PRO Drilling Fluid Improves Cuttings Removal

CETCO’s newest drilling fluid has been created to improve cuttings removal, as well as circulation. This high-quality bentonite drilling fluid increases viscosity and lowers fluid loss. VELOXITY-PRO mixes quickly and easily in freshwater and will improve borehole stability. This NSF/ANSI Standard 60..

Virginia Sewer Bill Sparks Intense Debate

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One of Virginia’s wealthiest cities has an unpleasant problem: part of the sewer system in Alexandria gets overwhelmed during almost any type of wet weather, sending untreated waste into nearby waterways and on to the Potomac River scores of times each year. The Washington subu..

TRU-BORE Designed For Difficult Drilling Operations

TRU-BORE® is a highly concentrated bentonite based drilling fluid designed for difficult drilling operations in both vertical and horizontal borings. It is extremely effective high performance viscosifier for horizontal drilling applications to maintain hole integrity during pullback. It is non-toxi..

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, ..

Buffalo Grove IL Contracts RJN Group For Rehabilitation Program

RJN Group Inc. (RJN), a consulting engineering and specialty field services firm, has a new contract with the Village of Buffalo Grove (IL) for professional engineering and specialty field services to help meet short-term program requirements of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater..

Many Ohio Cities May Miss Deadline on Mapping Lead Pipes

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Many of Ohio’s public drinking water systems are in danger of missing a deadline requiring them to map out the locations of their lead pipes, the state’s Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. Only about half the surveys from the nearly 1,900 public drinking water..

Baltimore, Industry Groups Create Water Industry Career Mentoring Program

by Sheila Joy When government and industry come together, amazing things happen. When their collaborative efforts to support under-served youth through career preparation, professional one-on-one mentorship and introductions to potential employers are deployed, lives are changed. In 2015, the Balt..

Repairs from Macomb County Sinkhole to Take Until Thanksgiving

FRASER, Mich. (AP) – It likely will take until Thanksgiving to repair damage from a broken sewer line that caused a football field-sized sinkhole on Christmas Eve north of Detroit. Macomb County Public Works chief Candice Miller said Tuesday that the cost of the work would be determined Monday when..

Technology Gives Utilities and Pipeline Operators Cost-Effective Way to Improve Safety

AyaWorks, a provider of effective pipeline safety and compliance management solutions for oil, gas and utility companies, has announced that their systems are approved and can be implemented immediately, in accordance with recent pipeline safety regulation amendments. The company offers utility com..

Mexican Sewer Spill Flares US Noses and Tempers

For more than two weeks, a stench of feces, ammonium and laundry detergent wafted through the air in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. Residents who contacted government offices got no answers. Finally, a U.S. official released a report that sparked a furious reaction: sewer..

Bernsten Solution For Marking Underground Assets Wins Award

Berntsen International Inc.’s InfraMarker solution for marking underground assets and linking asset data to real-time GIS monitoring has received the Geospatial World Excellence Award for Technology Innovation. The award was presented by the 2017 Geospatial World Forum, which highlights the value a..

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..

EPA Invests $95 Million In California Wastewater Projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $95 million in new funding to California for improvements in local wastewater infrastructure, including upgrades to the city of Holtville’s 850,000-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant, serving 6,954 residents, to comply with water qu..