Sewers & Sewer Line Maintenance Resources
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Lessons On Rightsizing Water And Sewer Infrastructure Projects
5/3/2017
Two case studies prove that the key to cost-effective condition assessment is choosing the right approach for your system.
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Identifying Risks For Sewer Conveyance Asset Management
5/3/2017
If risk analysis isn’t in the pipeline, your asset management plan needs updating. Arcadis shares best practices to launch or update your program.
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Enhancing Water System Reliability And Capacity For Boston Residents
4/28/2017
Enhancing process reliability and increasing capacity are common issues facing water municipalities. On the one hand, community demographics are constantly evolving and water municipalities need to accommodate the impact to capacity requirements. At the same time, older systems that support pumping operations are not getting any younger and as control systems age, for example, it can become more time consuming to maintain equipment and more difficult to find replacement parts after systems have been in place for many years.
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Will The Nation’s Water Infrastructure Needs Be Overlooked Again?
4/28/2017
Industry experts and government officials fear that when President Donald Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan is finally “laid out,” water infrastructure projects could largely be “left out.”
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How Do We Get The Message Out About The Importance Of Water Infrastructure?
4/6/2017
The need for improving our nation’s critical infrastructure is as important and necessary as ever. Yet, when people who are not involved with the water/wastewater industry think of all that needs to be done for infrastructure, they immediately think of the roads they drive on and the bridges that are simply part of those same roads. Others think of our power grid and its frailties, while some worry about their internet access. It is hard to find people who consider our water and wastewater delivery system as a priority.
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Let’s Put The 'W' In Infrastructure
3/14/2017
We need to make water infrastructure a clear priority in the new administration’s infrastructure investment plans. Let’s make sure there’s a “W” in any new infrastructure program.
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A Guide For Accessing WIFIA
2/2/2017
A new federal funding program seeks to help utilities complete their infrastructure projects. But what stands between a potential borrower and the available funds?
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Exploring Alternative Funding For Infrastructure Upgrades
1/30/2017
The Water Research Foundation recently completed a project assessing alternative funding options to cover the increasingly necessary costs for water infrastructure upgrades. Are there options that will help your utility avoid raising rates?
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Driving Your Digital Roadmap To The Future
12/19/2016
KC Water transforms otherwise ‘useless’ zeros and ones — i.e., raw data — into invaluable intelligence for improved utility operations.
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Top 10 Technologies From WEFTEC 2016
10/25/2016
300,000 square feet. That was the size of the tradeshow floor at WEFTEC, the world's largest annual water quality exhibition. I didn't see every technology showcased last month in New Orleans (over a thousand exhibitors were on hand), but here’s a “best of” list from the many that I came across — a snapshot of various technologies that stood out from the masses, exceptional for their level of innovation and potential for industry impact.