Sewers and Sewer Line Maintenance News

1. Open-Storm Detroit Dynamics Team Wins First-Ever LIFT Intelligent Water Systems Challenge
   10/5/2018

   A team from the Great Lakes Water Authority and the University of Michigan won the first-ever Intelligent Water Systems Challenge for using data analytics to develop a tool to maximize the use of existing collection systems and minimize combined sewer overflows in Detroit.

2. DC Water’s Anacostia River Tunnel Beating All Projections For A Cleaner Anacostia
   9/21/2018

   Six months ago, DC Water placed into service the first 7-mile segment of the Anacostia River Tunnel system to store combined sewage during rain events, keeping sewage overflows from entering the Anacostia River.

3. Hitachi Zosen Receives Order From China For Marimo Rapid Fiber Filtration System: Our First For Sewage Treatment Plants Overseas
   9/14/2018

   Hitachi Zosen Corporation has received an order from China National Electric Apparatus Research Institute Co., Ltd. for a Marimo rapid fiber filtration system for a sewage treatment plant in Guangzhou, China

4. NGL Energy Partners LP Acquires Beckham And McCloy Ranches In Eddy And Lea Counties, New Mexico
   9/10/2018

   NGL Energy Partners LP announced today that it has executed the latest phase of its Delaware Basin water infrastructure strategy.

5. SmartCover Systems Is Enabling The Digital Water Utility Of The Future
   9/6/2018

   SmartCover Systems (SCS), a leader in providing monitoring solutions for water and wastewater applications, is delighted to announce that Greg Quist, its founder and CEO, and Chairman of the Urban Water Institute, will be speaking at Strata Data Conference in New York on September 11, 2018.

6. Woolpert Completes Pilot Cityworks Implementation For City Of South Bend’s Office Of Sewers
   9/5/2018

   Woolpert was contracted by the city of South Bend, Ind., to implement the Cityworks Asset Management System (AMS) for the Department of Public Works’ Office of Sewers. This is the first Cityworks implementation for the city.

7. iTracking: The Advent Of 'Smart' Wastewater Infrastructure Management
   8/24/2018

   The 700,000 miles of pipe and 20 million manholes that comprise America’s wastewater infrastructure network are aging and crumbling. Many of these systems were installed in the first half of the previous century.

8. Trace Pollutants In The Water: Which Clarification Techniques Help Fish?
   7/24/2018

   Pollutants in rivers and lakes can pose a threat to aquatic organisms, even in small lanes. This environmental issue has become more publicized in the past decade.

9. Hawaii’s Groundbreaking $375M Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
   6/26/2018

   The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.

10. Aquam Corporation Launches Amplus: An Advanced Remote Operated Vehicle For Pressurized Water, Wastewater, And Industrial Pipelines
    6/7/2018

    Aquam Corporation ("Aquam"), a global provider of risk mitigation technologies for water and energy transmission and distribution assets, has announced the launch of Amplus, the most advanced remote operated vehicle (ROV) for use in pressurized water, wastewater, and industrial pipe applications.