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MaxLiner Trenchless CIPP Solutions
The MaxLiner System is small enough to fit into your existing service vehicles and needs just two or three workers to get the job done. The highly portable system allows you to install more than one job per day, and its lightweight design allows you to quickly and easily use it for not only traditio..
John Deere Integrates SmartGrade Technology Into 750K, 850K Dozers
John Deere is building on its lineup of SmartGrade crawler dozers with the integration of the machine control offering on the 750K and 850K models. “The launch of our 700K SmartGrade dozer was a huge hit earlier this year, and many of our customers asked for the grade control technology to be integ..
Maine Sewer and Sanitation Districts Getting USDA Grants
VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) – The federal government is providing more than $4 million to assist two Maine sewer and sanitation districts in making improvements. The Vassalboro Sanitary District will receive more than $3.8 million and the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District will receive $600,000. U.S. Sens. ..
Legal Action Taken in Fatal Sewer Trench Collapse
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The widow of a man killed in a trench collapse in Boise has filed a precursor to a lawsuit against several government agencies. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports in a story on Friday (http://bit.ly/2fxKlUQ) that Misty Smith names the Idaho Public Works Contractors License Board, t..
UT Austin Engineering Becomes New Home for EPA Water Infrastructure Center
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $3.9 million to researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin to establish the new Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management, which will develop and improve open source water infrastructure mo..
Industry Feedback: CIPP Help Wanted
I would like to introduce you to Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Sewer Lining Program. Over the past several years our annual Sewer Lining budget has grown from $1 million to approximately $4 million in 2016 for CIPP contracts. CIPP continues to be SPU’s method of choice to rehabilitate our ageing pi..
Vactor HXX ParaDIGm® Vacuum Excavator Wins Award at 15th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards
The Vactor HXX ParaDIGm®, a compact vacuum excavator, has been named a winner at the 15th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The Chicago Innovation Awards recognize the most innovative new products or services brought to market or public service in the Chicago area each year. The award was presented..
Minnesota Town Pauses Sewer Construction Because of Tribes' Concerns
AFTON, Minn. (AP) — Four major projects in downtown Afton have been put on hold after representatives of tribal governments expressed concerns about possible nearby American Indian burial sites. The Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/2fxnnRI ) reports that work on a community sewer, a better flood levee,..
Air Force Sent Wastewater into Sewers up to 3 Times a Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Air Force says a base near Colorado Springs sent water laced with toxic firefighting foam into the city’s sewer system as often as three times a year. Air Force officials tell The Gazette that Peterson Air Force Base stopped sending firefighting foam wastewater in..
Utility Eyes Burning Thinning Debris to Protect Water Supply
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona water and power utility is conducting an experiment to add forest-thinning debris to coal burned by an electricity-generating plant. It aims to make thinning more economical to help avoid devastating wildfires producing runoff that would contaminate reservoirs. A tes..
Brooklyn-to-Staten Island Drinking Water Tunnel is Activated
NEW YORK (AP) — A $250 million drinking water tunnel from Brooklyn to Staten Island that had been delayed by Superstorm Sandy has been activated. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that the tunnel is a critical backup that can deliver up to 150 million gallons of safe drinking water per day t..
Agency to Help Oklahoma Cities Map Water Infrastructure Digitally
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Bert Curtis said the city of Davis‘ water infrastructure is mapped in his head, after working in the public utilities department for more than three decades. Now that map is on the web, and the division director’s employees can find water meters and fire hydrants using an iPad. ..
Alabama Governor Presents $2.2M in Grants to DeKalb, Jackson Counties
RAINSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has distributed $2.2 million in Community Block Grants to towns in Jackson and DeKalb Counties. His office says the money will be used to improve sewer lines, roads, new drainage systems, and more. The cities that received the grants Wednesday ar..
Report: 7 Million Gallons of Sewage Spilled into Syracuse Lake
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – A sewer pipe break caused by last week’s heavy rain has spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage into a central New York lake. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports Onondaga County has told the state Department of Environmental Conservation that a 42-inch diameter pipe near S..
West Virginia Backs $5.1M in Development Grants
CHARLESTON (AP) — State officials have recommended 11 Appalachian Regional Commission grants for $5.1 million for programs for economic development and infrastructure projects across West Virginia. They include $1.5 million to replace water lines in two areas in the city of Welch, $430,000 for the ..
Indiana City Asks EPA for More Time to Cut Sewer Overflows
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana city wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to give it 10 more years to reduce its raw sewage overflows. A 2009 agreement gives Jeffersonville until 2025 to comply with the EPA’s sewage overflow reduction mandate. But the News and Tribune repor..
Water Research Foundation Releases Results from Ongoing Study on Direct Potable Reuse
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has released interim results from the project “Blending Requirements for Water from Direct Potable Reuse Treatment Facilities.” The objective of this project is to provide guidance for the appropriate use of blending as part of a direct potable reuse (DPR) project..
New Chief Technology Officer Joins the Water Council
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and The Water Council have named Dr. David Garman as the new Chief Technology Officer for The Water Council. Dr. Garman will specifically lead The Water Council’s new initiative called the ICE (Innovation Commercialization Exchange) Institute while continu..
Hobas Pipe Meets Rehab Challenge
When an old storm water sewer that crossed below a highway and popular shopping avenue in Québec partly collapsed and had to be replaced, the city government was presented with a challenge: renovating the pipeline while keeping traffic disruptions to a minimum. The solution was Hobas Pipe, the only..
USDA Announces Nearly $25 Million to Improve Water Quality in Southeast Iowa
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced funding through USDA’s Water and Environmental programs to help the City of Fairfield make enhancements to its wastewater facility that will improve the water quality in southeast Iowa. “The recent flooding in Iowa and other parts of the cou..
Promising Earthquake Resistant Steel Pipe For Water, Oil, Gas
Devastation caused by major earthquakes is well-known – dramatic video clips vividly document the destruction of collapsed buildings, caved-in highways, fallen bridges and debris scattered across the landscape. However, not all damage is visible. Violent shifts underground can rupture water, sewer..
Rafael Ortega Establishes Aurora Technical Services, LLC
Aurora Technical Services LLC is a Houston-based civil engineering consulting firm. Owned and operated by Rafael Ortega, P.E., the firm provides engineering expertise focused on water and wastewater pipelines. Specific areas include: planning plus preliminary engineering, detail design, specialty co..
PPP Model Addresses Water And Wastewater Industry Challenges
While municipalities still rely heavily on traditional funding mechanisms, receptiveness to new alternatives is growing, according to the 2016 Black & Veatch Strategic Directions: U.S. Water Industry report. One solution is public-private partnerships (PPPs). “The PPP model can restructure and prov..
Hydromax USA and Detection Services Propose Exclusive Licensing Agreement
Hydromax USA announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Detection Services, Australia, to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement to deliver pipeline inspection services to the water and sewer sectors in the United States, Canada and other selected markets. Under the proposed ag..
North America and Europe Expected to Account for over 90 Percent of Investment in Water Management Solutions Through 2025
A recent report from Navigant Research examines the landscape for water management technologies and services in intelligent buildings, including global market forecasts for revenue, through 2025. Investment in water management delivers economic and sustainability benefits, but the pace and scale of..
Pennsylvania PUC Grants Conditional Approval for Sale of Scranton Sewer System to Pennsylvania-American Water Company
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has granted conditional approval of a Joint Application filed by Pennsylvania-American Water Company and the Sewer Authority of the City of Scranton for the sale of substantially all of the Sewer Authority of the City of Scranton’s Sewer System and Sewage T..
Coalition Threatens St. Pete with Lawsuit over Sewage Spill
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – A coalition of environmental groups is threatening to sue the city of St. Petersburg over a sewage spill. The Tampa Bay Times reports that environmental nonprofits gave notice to the city Thursday that they will file a federal lawsuit under the Clean Water Act if the cit..
Kentucky PSC Approves Sale of Small Franklin County Sewer System
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the sale of the 107-customer Ridgewood sewer system in Franklin County to the state’s largest privately owned water utility. Kentucky-American Water Co. will pay $15,000 to acquire the Ridgewood system from Classic Construction, Inc. T..
Sterling Construction Company Selected as Part of JV on Wastewater Project in California
An affiliate of Sterling Construction Company, Inc., Myers & Sons Construction, was selected as part of a joint venture with Steve P. Rados, Inc. by the City of Modesto, California for the design and construction of a major wastewater recycling system for the Del Puerto Water District. The joint ve..
National Water Company Sponsors Pilot Project with SANIPOR® to Offer Flood Grouting for Lateral/Side Sewer Lines
National Water Company (NWC), has sponsored a pilot project in Seattle with SANIPOR® to offer flood grouting for qualifying lateral or side sewer lines insured by NWC. SANIPOR’s special flood grouting process internally floods an exterior sewer line all at once with two liquid silicate compounds th..
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