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Building ice roads in Alaska and daylighting pipelines in Texas might have little in common, except a need for the best possible...

Management system solves pump run-time issuesProblem: The city of Winter Park, Fla., was experiencing excessive pump run times and unacceptable pressures because of...

EnclosuresTension fabric buildingTension fabric buildings from Legacy Building Solutions combine rigid frame engineering with tension fabric, incorporating structural steel beams instead of...

With more municipalities looking to cut utility costs, the idea of eliminating costly and ineffective paperwork is certainly inviting. That’s just what...

The City of Kansas City, Mo., has long had its eye on developing the Northland, an area located north of the Missouri...

Palm Bay, Fla., is an ecotourism destination in a delicate environment, and the community has made a major commitment to green principles....

The multipurpose Guzzcavator from Guzzler combines the performance of a Guzzler CL vacuum loader with the versatility of a Vactor HXX hydroexcavator.The...

When it comes to municipal pipe inspection, crews sometimes focus only on the inspection equipment — cameras, crawlers, cable and cable reels....

Lugging 600 or more feet of 1-inch-diameter hose from a vacuum truck to a remote manhole used to be a tiring, time-consuming...

Heavy winter rains and a clogged cast-iron drainage system in a private 2-acre pond flooded a family’s pet cemetery in Lexington, S.C....

When 6-year-old Basim Mansour tagged along with his father during electrical repair calls in the 1970s, he had no idea that one...

Some contractors strive to be the biggest. John Johnson would rather be the best.Johnson owns and operates Water Works Plumbing in Oklahoma...

The Gen-Eye Hot-Spot pipe locator from General Pipe Cleaners makes locating easier than ever. Its total field antenna array and on-screen icons...

Xylem mixers help cut treatment plant operational costs by 65 percentTechnology from Xylem Inc. reduced the energy consumption of a wastewater treatment...

Grid technology used to eliminate foul odor in condominium communityProblem: DMCI Homes developed the resort-inspired Ohana Condominium Community in Arizona. The community was...

Designed to inspect pipes and passageways as narrow as 4 inches, the new RX95 from Envirosight is the latest addition to the...

The Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant has come a long way since its creation in the 1950s. Back then, its lagoons stored biosolids...