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Confined Space Entry Safety Poster

Confined Space Entry Poster

This poster for sewer inspection crews warns against the hazards of confined space entry. Discover the authorizations, equipment, procedures and training that are required before a technician can safely enter a confined space.

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Sewer Health & Hygiene Poster

Sewer Health & Hygiene Poster

Take the right precautions against infectious disease to keep yourself, your team and your family healthy. This poster illustrates how to safeguard yourself with personal protective equipment (PPE), proper clean-up practices and recommended vaccinations.

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Traffic Safety Around Sewers

Traffic Safety Around Sewers Poster

Setup for traffic work zones varies by street size and traffic volume, and managing these details is crucial to keeping your teams safe. Limit their exposure to traffic hazards by ensuring compliant work zones. Our poster explains the necessary measures for safe, effective traffic control.

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Sewer Excavation & Trenching Safety Poster

Trenching & Excavation Safety Poster

Trenching is dangerous. Dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries occur each year at trenching and excavation sites. This safety poster focuses on trenching safety. It explains the various soil types, sloping and shoring requirements, and more.

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Sewer Inspection Trucks

Illustrated Guide to Sewer Trucks

This free poster presents the full range of options to consider when specifying your next sewer inspection truck.

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Benefits of Zoom Assessment Technology in Inspections

Zoom Into Cleaning

Using a CCTV crawler for all types of assessment can quickly drain resources. In this white paper, we discuss the benefits of using zoom assessment technology to understand pipe condition pre- and post-jetting.

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Combatting Inflow & Infiltration

Working Smarter Against I&I

Sources of I/I include leaky manholes, lateral connections and sewer mains, yet rehabilitation efforts often focus on sewer mains exclusively. This white paper explores how municipalities can develop an analysis-driven plan to combat I/I and use various assessment tools to inspect different elements of a sewer system.

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Jetting With Vision

Jetting with Vision

This white paper provides an overview of jetter-mounted cameras, discusses how their evolving role has impacted design and lists key performance criteria to consider when making a purchase decision.

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Water Conservatioon

Clean Sewers with Half the Water

Municipalities can address water conservation without sacrificing their sewer maintenance regimen. The workflow introduced in this white paper not only helps municipalities save water but also helps build a more effective and efficient cleaning strategy.

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Crossbores

Digging Deep: Cross Bore Inspection Services

In this white paper, we discuss the many factors a sewer inspection company must consider before diving into cross bore inspection services, including the opportunities available, resources needed, and clients. We also reveal proven strategies for achieving success in this growing market.

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SideScan Sewer Inspection Comes of Age

Side-scan Sewer Inspection Comes of Age

In this white paper, we discuss the merits of side-scanning technology and the ways in which it can make municipal pipe inspection more efficient and cost-effective. In addition, we provide a guide to choosing a side-scanning system.

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Crawler Logbook

Crawler Maintenance Logbook

Daily and weekly maintenance keeps your equipment in working condition and saves you time and money in the long run. This logbook is a must-have resource for anyone looking to prolong the life of their sewer camera and keep cost-of-ownership in check.

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Crawler Wheel Configurations

Crawler Wheel Set-up Poster

Having the right wheels for the job maximizes ground clearance and side wall contact and offers a tread pattern that optimizes grip and minimizes camera vibration. This poster depicts popular wheel setups best suited to various combinations of pipe size, material and condition—a must-have resource for any inspection van.

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VC500

VC500 Tech Poster

This tech poster explains all the new capabilities of the VC500 operator control for the ROVVER X to get your team up and running quickly. Request your copy of this poster and learn how much more productive your sewer inspections can be.

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Smart Crawlers

The Rise of Smart Crawlers

Smart crawlers are helping make sewer inspection more productive, adaptable and reliable by implementing CANbus, a flexible digital control architecture. In this white paper, we walk you through what CANbus is and how it works in layman’s terms. In addition, we detail the benefits that smart crawlers using CANbus provide to a sewer crawler platform and to your sewer inspection program.

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Rethinking Manhole Inspection

Rethinking Manhole Inspection

Repairing manholes can help municipalities save big. While their complex design presented a challenge in the past, new technologies have made manhole maintenance a safe and practical option for reducing I&I.

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PACP Whitepaper

5 Things You’re Missing Without PACP

The Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP), developed by NASSCO, is a framework for capturing detailed, shareable data from sewer inspections that’s compatible with computer analysis so you can generate maintenance strategies that maximize your budget and impact. In this white paper, we share five specific ways municipalities can benefit from PACP.

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Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS) Whitepaper

PASS Whitepaper

The Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS) is a workflow for understanding sewer condition quicker with fewer resources. With PASS you can prioritize which lines need the most attention and keep your system-wide assessment current and on schedule.

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Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS) Infographic

PASS Infographic

The Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS) is a workflow for understanding sewer condition quicker with fewer resources. This infographic communicates the value of the PASS workflow, which can cut assessment costs 34% and boost productivity 17%.

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Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS)

PASS Slidedeck

This slidedeck helps you communicate the value of the Phased Assessment Strategy for Sewers (PASS) to employees, coworkers and supervisors. Use these slides to develop your own plan for efficient sewer assessment. PASS is a workflow for understanding sewer condition quicker with fewer resources.

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Quantitative vs. Qualitative

Qualitative vs. Quantitative Inspection

This white paper from Eric Sullivan at Sewer Knowledge discusses what quantitative and qualitative assessment mean in sewer condition analysis and presents case studies for each: FELL-41 and CCTV.

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Sewer Maintenance 101

Sewer Maintenance 101

This easy-to-use guidebook provides a comprehensive overview of collection system components, safety considerations, best practices, terminology, and technologies for inspection, cleaning and repair.

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Grant Writing Part I

Municipal Grant-writing: Part I

The first in a two-part series, this white paper discusses grant opportunities for wastewater infrastructure and how to take advantage of them.

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Grant Writing Part II

Municipal Grant-writing: Part II

The second in a two-part series, this white paper discusses the parts of a grant application and tips for writing them.

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Sewer Systems Safety

Anatomy of a Collection System

Discover the journey of wastewater, from residential and commercial connections all the way to the wastewater treatment plant.

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wastewater regulations

Wastewater Regulations Poster

This poster helps you understand the Clean Water Act, the role of state authorities, consent decrees and more.

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Utility Markings

Underground Utility Markings Poster

This poster lists common symbols, abbreviations and colors used to mark buried infrastructure.

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Inflow and Infiltration

All You Need to Know: I&I

Get well versed in the subject of inflow and infiltration. Our category page covers all aspects of the topic.

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Water and Wastewater Regulations

All You Need to Know: Wastewater Regulations

Get well versed in the subject of wastewater regulations. Our category page covers all aspects of the topic.

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Wastewater Personnel Safety

All You Need to Know: Wastewater Personnel Safety

Put safety first every time whenever you're in the field. Our category page covers confined space entry, health & hygiene, traffic safety, and more!.

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Quiz

Quiz Central

Test your knowledge on a range of wastewater industry topics with these fun quizzes.

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Cost-of-Ownership for Sewer Crawlers

7 Secrets to Low Crawler Cost-of-ownership

In this white paper, we reveal seven strategies to keep crawler lifetime cost-of-ownership as low as possible, including operating tips, suggested maintenance procedures and intervals, buyer advice, and important design considerations.

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Zoom Camera Buyer's Guide

Zoom Camera Buyer’s Guide

This buyer's guide walks you through the important factors to consider in each category when comparing sewer zoom cameras for purchase. Illumination, video detail, alignment, stabilization, setup, portability, and control interface all impact the performance of a zoom camera.

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Top 10 Crawler Considerations

Top 10 Crawler Purchasing Considerations

Purchasing an inspection crawler is a big decision. To make the choice easier, we created this white paper, which draws on current market research, technological developments and industry best practices to help you make an informed decision.

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Rent, Lease, or Buy

Sewer Cameras: Rent, Lease or Buy

Deciding whether to rent, lease or buy a sewer camera is rarely simple. We researched the relative merits of renting, leasing and buying and compiled our findings in this free white paper.

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Contract Purchasing

Fast-tracking Municipal Procurement

Cooperative contracts streamline the competitive bidding process, allowing municipalities to obtain the best product at the best value. In this white paper, we discuss the advantages of cooperative purchasing contracts and detail the process for cooperative procurement.

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Contracting

Deciding When to Outsource

The decision to outsource collection system inspection and rehab or complete it in-house isn’t easy. But properly evaluating your team’s capabilities and your current system could save you both time and money.

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Digital Workflows Infographic

Digital Workflows Infographic

Digital workflows guide sewer teams through every step of the inspection process. Learn how you can put these principles into action with this free, downloadable infographic.

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Digital Workflows Infographic

Digital Workflows Whitepaper

Digital wastewater inspection workflows use technology to increase productivity, improve performance and achieve compliance. This whitepaper explains the solutions that support digital workflows for sewer inspections, the benefits they offer, and how you can get started creating and using them.

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Inflow & Infiltration Wastewater Checklist

I&I Mitigation Checklist

Addressing inflow & infiltration in your collection system can seem like a daunting task without a strategic plan in place. Our I&I Mitigation Checklist includes practical steps to take to combat the issue costing cities tremendous amounts of resources year after year.

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Finding & Bidding On Government Contracts

Finding & Bidding On Government Contracts

Landing government contracts can be a great step in growing your sewer inspection business. But there’s a lot to the bidding process, and you shouldn’t start writing a bid until you have a comprehensive understanding of how it works.

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