Ten Practices of Highly Effective Water Utilities   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004   By Janice A Beecher
The concept of continuous improvement complements the idea of developing a water systems’ capabilities over time to ensure safe and reliable water service.

Increasing Reliability while Reducing Maintenance Costs   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004   By Mark Granger
The rapid growth of a large city in the south is overwhelming the current water distribution system and straining the already overworked staff.

How to Skate Through an OSHA Inspection   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004
In those inspections last year, OSHA found 83,539 total safety violations, an 8% increase over fiscal 2002.

Keeping Up With the Times   Water & Wastes Digest October 2004   By Tim Gregorski
WWD examines some of North America’s the latest municipal upgrades.

Interested in Saving Money? Control Your Life Cycle Costs   Water & Wastes Digest February 2004   By Tim Gregorski
In-depth analysis of equipment life cycle costs and educated decisions by utility managers can help minimize unexpected expenses while maximizing production life.

Waterproofing the Montsouris Reservoir: Using Hydraulic Binders and Nonwoven Geotextiles to End Leaks   Water Engineering & Management August 2001
Leakage problems have plagued the reservoir since it entered service.
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Company Produces Pipeline in Record Time   Water Engineering & Management July 2001
On March 9, 2000, a 27*-diameter petroleum pipeline ruptured near Caddo Creek in East Texas. This creek is a source of water for Lake Tawakoni, a major water supply for Dallas Water Utilities and nine other water suppliers in Texas. Some 600,000 gallons of reformulated gasoline were spilled into the creek.
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Dairy Farmers Having Success Piping Animal Waste to Lagoons   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
Two dairy farmers have found similar success using animal waste lagoons to protect groundwater and cut overhead. For one of these farmers, recycling the herd’s waste has even led to another farm-based business.

Breathing New Life Into a Legacy SCADA System   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
When the Town of Derry in New Hampshire set out to upgrade its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in the fall of 1999, it faced the challenge of adapting the new system to its existing remote telemetry units (RTUs).

New Software Upgrades Process Control For Operators At New York Plant   Water & Wastes Digest August 2000
Recently, the village of Honeoye Falls, New York, found a relatively inexpensive way to upgrade the process control system at its wastewater treatment facility. They used Rotork PakScan software and an old, recycled computer.

Controls Save Sinking Systems at Two Wastewater Treatment Plants   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
Back in 1980 when the North Buffalo (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Plant went online with a central computer linked directly to all of its field devices, operators were excited by the newfound advantages of automation.

Pipe Used in Rehab of County Sewer Inceptions   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
For ten years, Hobas Pipe USA and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) have united to renew many of the County's 21 to 108-inch sewer interceptors.

Company Rehabs Trunk Sewer While Rerouting 12 mgd of Sewage Flow   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
Using a temporary sewage bypass pumping system and its nondisruptive pipe rehabilitation methods, Insituform Technologies, Inc., has rehabilitated a half-mile-long section of trunk sewer buried beneath a Tucson roadway.