Sewers & Sewer Line Maintenance Resources

  1. America Is Bordering On A Water Infrastructure Crisis 4/21/2021

    There is no disagreement — water is a precious asset. Without water, there is no path to survival or sustainability on the planet. Cities, counties, states, industry, trees, plants, crops, animals, and individuals cannot survive without adequate water resources. In America’s overall drive to sustainability, water is one of the most critical components. Yet, America’s water infrastructure is in significant disrepair. Because it has been ignored so long, some warn that America is entirely too vulnerable.

  2. Xylem's Flygt N 3312 Electric Pump Provides Non-Clog Sewer Bypass Solution 4/12/2021

    Electric submersible pump is another game-changing rental solution

  3. Hydro-Brake Drop Cuts Corrosion, Complexity And Cost For Saudi WWTP Project 2/2/2021

    Saudi Arabia's National Water Company needed to transport sewage from Riyadh to the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at Al Haer. Read the full case study to learn how Hydro International worked with ILF Consulting Engineers to develop an alternative design using three Hydro-Brake® Drop systems.

  4. 7 Tips For Better, Faster Municipal Sewer Cleaning 12/22/2020

    Industry experts provide guidance to optimize cleaning efficiency, while preventing or quickly resolving problems such as tough blockages and “blown toilets”

  5. Real-Time Decision Support System Exceeds Expectations -- Buffalo Cuts CSOs By 450 Million Gallons, Reducing Consent Agreement By $145 Million 8/4/2020

    Recognizing the generally inadequate stormwater capabilities of their existing combined sewer system, the Buffalo Sewer Authority (BSA) began to prepare a comprehensive watershed improvement plan with grey, green and smart sewer solutions.

  6. Meet The Influencer Who Organized A Well-Known Waterworks Company 3/19/2020

    No one follows her on social media, yet she’s clearly a woman of influence. She has been described as a person of “keen business discernment,” someone respected for her “good judgment, common sense and foresight.” She is Sarah Charlotte Blair, whose idea to organize an iron pipe foundry in the South led to the formation of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1905. John J. Eagan – a proponent of the Golden Rule in industry – was the company’s first president.

  7. Digital Twin Technology Helps Cincinnati Reduce CSO By 247 Million Gallons, Saving $38M In Capital Work 1/31/2020

    Recognizing the generally inadequate stormwater management capabilities of their existing combined sewer system, MSD prepared a comprehensive wet weather improvement plan with the objective to maximize existing capital assets.

  8. Grand Rapids, MI Saves $1 Billion Using "Smart Sewer" Technology To Solve Infiltration And Inflow Problem 1/31/2020

    In the early 1990s, Grand Rapids took the initiative to invest in transforming its collection system from a combined sewer system to separate storm and sanitary sewers.

  9. South Bend Reduces CSO Volume By 80%, Saving $400 Million In CapEx Spending Using "Smart Sewer" Technology 1/31/2020

    South Bend partnered with Xylem and embraced a way to harness intelligent watershed technology to optimize its existing sewer system, without the need to build costly new grey infrastructure.

  10. The Future Of Collection Systems 1/21/2020

    As real-time monitoring continues to infiltrate the water industry, it’s time to apply such instrumentation to detect the other type of infiltration — along with inflow, snow and ice melt, etc.