Spain Uses GoAigua COVID Sewer Surveillance Technology for Widespread Infection Monitoring

20 cities across Spain monitor almost 10 million people daily to contain virus spread.

Robbins Single Shield Breaks through Turkey’s Hardest Rock

In July, a jubilant ceremony marked a milestone for southern Turkey’s arduous Bahçe-Nurdaği High-Speed Railway Tunnel. The first TBM-driven portion ...

Monica de la Cruz Re-elected as CEN/TC 155 Chair

Members of CEN/TC 155, the Technical Committee coordinating standards activities for plastic piping and ducting systems within CEN, the European ...

SARS-CoV-2 Viruses in Wastewater: Monitoring COVID-19 and Estimating Potential Transmission Risk

Since the beginning of the pandemic, research groups have been working on methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater to ...

Granite Inliner Awarded Five Trenchless Sewer Lining Contracts Totaling $148 Million in Chicago

Granite announced that Granite Inliner, a wholly-owned subsidiary with one of the most comprehensive service portfolios in the piping infrastructure ...

Call for Water Professionals to Join Crisis Response Register

A new centrally held register of water professionals who can contribute to disaster efforts has been launched by the Water ...

Olea Edge Analytics Launches CityEdge, a Platform to Recover Revenue for Cities

Olea Edge Analytics, an intelligent edge computing platform for the water utility industry, announced the launch of CityEdge, a combination ...

Water Industry Urged to "Be Agile" to Build Resilience

The water industry should continue to embrace new ways of working in a Covid-altered world and seize the opportunity to ...

Guidelines for Impact Moling

Guidelines for Pipe Bursting

Guidelines for Pipe Ramming

Trenchless Technology for Installation of Cables and Pipelines

Comprehensive and detailed discussion of trenchless construction methods and all associated fields

Practical Guideline for the Application of Microtunnelling Methods for the ecological, cost-minimised installation of drains and sewers

Offers an overview of the possibilities of trenchless installation of non-accessible drains and sewers

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Drains and Sewers

A comprehensive overview of the state of technology in the area of sewer maintenance with an emphasis on pipe materials and joints, damage types, causes and consequences, maintenance, cleaning and inspection as well as rehabilitation.

WWF Report: Water Conflict – Myth or Reality

Hydrological cycle

History of municipal drain and sewer systems

Trenchless Technology for Installation of Cables and Pipelines - 2nd Volume: Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Drains and Sewers (2nd edition) - Management and monitoring of cleaning measures

Cleaning is one of the most important measures for maintaining and ensuring a long-lasting efficiency of drain and sewer systems. Cleaning measures can either be implemented proactively or reactively. This third chapter of the second edition of "Rehabilitation and Maintenance ...

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Drains and Sewers (2nd edition) - Structure and limiting conditions of sewer systems

A comprehensive overview of the state of technology in the area of sewer maintenance with an emphasis on pipe materials and joints.

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Drains and Sewers (2nd edition) - Investigation

Investigation is the first of the four fundamental activities included in integral sewer management. To a reasonable extent, it is to cover all performance aspects of the drain and sewer system in order to create the basis for the next ...

Trenchless installation of a sewer DN 600 consisting of reinforced concrete jacking pipes by means of microtunnelling

In this virtual construction site, the trenchless installation of a sewer DN 600, consisting of reinforced concrete jacking pipes, by means of microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal in soil with groundwater is presented.

Renovation of a defective vitrified clay lateral DN 150 with a length of 6 m by means of the cured-in place lining method

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defective vitrified clay lateral DN 150 with a length of 6 m is shown on the model of the Houseliner® process (hydraulic variant).

Localisation of leaks with the aid of sewer probe based on measuring electrical resistance

In this virtual construction site, the localising of leaks in a vitrified clay sewer section DN 600 with a section length of 10 m using the sensor S-100 of the Seba Dynatronic company (capability DN 500 up to a maximum ...

Renovation of a cast iron pipe DN 1000 with a length of 50 m by spray lining process

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a cast iron pipe DN 1000 with a section length of 50 m in the spray lining process is presented. This process belongs to the group of coating processes.

Renovation of a defective sewer section with a nominal size DN 400 and a length of section of 50 m by means of discrete pipes in the pushing-in process

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defective sewer section with discrete pipes in the pushing-in process is presented. The sewer is composed of concrete pipes of the nominal size DN 400 with a length of section of ...

Renovation of a defect water pipeline made of grey cast iron pipes of the nominal size DN 300 by means of the deformation process

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defect water pipeline made of grey cast iron pipes of the nominal size DN 300 by means of the deformation process is presented. This process belongs to the group of lining ...

Renovation of a defective sewer section consisting of concrete pipes DN 500 with lateral and longitudinal cracks and pipe fracture by means of the grouted-in-place lining process

In this virtual construction site, the installation of a Trolining Preliner system in a sewer section consisting of concrete pipes DN 500, with lateral and longitudinal cracks and pipe fracture, is presented.

Replacement of a pipeline consisting of vitrified clay pipes DN 300 using the pneumatic pipe bursting accompanied by a simultaneous pulling-in of a PE-HD continuous pipe

In this virtual construction site, the replacement of a defective pipeline section consisting of vitrified clay pipes DN 300 in the trenchless method using the pneumatic pipe bursting accompanied by a simultaneous pulling-in of a PE-HD continuous pipe, DN 300 ...

Repairing of a defect lateral connection of a lateral sewer consisting of PVC pipes DN 125 and leading into a concrete sewer DN 300 by means of a short liner

In this virtual construction site, the repairing of a defect lateral connection of a lateral sewer is shown. The lateral connection consists of PVC pipes DN 125 and leads in a concrete sewer DN 300. The used repairing method is ...

New installation of PE-HD pipes by means of horizontal directional drilling

In this virtual construction site, the different steps of a new installation of PE-HD pipes by menas of horizontal directional drilling are shown.

Rehabilitation of a wastewater impounding basin by means of vitrified clay plates

In this virtual construction site, the rehabilitation of a wastewater impounding basin by means of the KeraLine system is presented.

Renovation of a defective sewer section consisting of vitrified clay pipes DN 300 with cracks, fractures and leaking joints by means of the cured-in place lining method with light hardening

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a vitrified clay pipe with cracks, fragmented pipes and leaking joints exemplary by means of the Berolina-Liner system is shown. This process belongs to the group of lining with site manufactured and ...

Repair of a 6.0 m long defective sewer sector, consisting of concrete pipes DN 500 with a short hose

In this virtual construction site, the repair of a 6.0 m long defective sewer sector, consisting of concrete pipes DN 500 with a short liner is presented. This process belongs to the group of repair processes and the sub-group dealing ...

Renovation of a defective sewer section consisting of concrete pipes DN 400 with a section length of 60 m by means of lining with spirally wound pipes

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defective sewer section consisting of concrete pipes DN 400 with a section length of 60 m by means of spiral lining is presented. This process belongs to the group of renovation ...

High pressure water jetting with a combined vehicle with water treatment technique

In this virtual construction site, the sewer cleaning vehicle "SUPER 2000" by the company Wiedemann and Reichardt GmbH is shown. This vehicle was constructed as a combined vehicle especially for water treatment. An essential component of the vehicle is a ...

Section leaktightness testing with water as a testing medium to DIN EN 1610 is illustrated by a 27 m long sewer section of concrete pipes DN 800

In this virtual construction site, the leaktightness testing with water pressure according to EN 1610 is shown. This standard is applicable for new and rehabilitated sewers. The section of the sewer is assumed to be 27 m long and consists ...

Repair of an unprofessionally installed connection nozzle DN 150 of vitrified clay with visible soil by means of the robot method

In this virtual construction site, the repair of an unprofessionally installed nozzle DN 150 of vitrified clay with the soil visible is presented on the model of the KA-TE robot. The sewer consists of concrete pipes DN 400, the section ...

Renovation of sewer section consisting of a concrete pipe DN 300 with a length of 50 m by means of the cured-in place lining method

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defective sewer section consisting of a concrete pipe DN 300, length 50 m by means of cured in place lining is presented. This process belongs to the group of lining with ...

Renovation of a defective lateral consisting of vitrified clay pipes DN 125 with a length of 8 m by means of the cured-in place lining method

In this virtual construction site, the renovation of a defective private domain sewer and a defective lateral of vitrified clay pipes DN 125 with a length of 8 m by cured-in-place lining on the example of the Epros DrainLiner process ...

Lateral connection repair

Recovery of lateral connections DN 150 of a sewer DN 250 that was rehabilitated by CIPP using the DrainLCR system

Grouted-in-place lining process

Renovation of an ovoid cross section DN 2250/1800 by the TROLINING®-double system without Preliner.Task promoted by MUNLV NRW

Modernization of small sewage treatment plant

Modernization of a three-chamber dry well using the open-cut method by means of the new installation of an SBR-unit

Static Pipe Bursting

Replacement of a vitrified clay sewer DN 300 and DN 400 by static pipe bursting with PE-HD pipes OD 450 and OD 500

Grouted-in-place lining process for potable water pipelines

Renovation of a potable water pipeline DN 100 with the Cempipe process

Discrete pipe process

Renovation of a ovoid brickwork cross section DN 600/900 with the GRP discrete pipe process

Joint rehabilitation and crack injection

Repair of masonry sewage collectors and manholes while retaining the original masonry by rehabilitation of the joints and crack injection

Manhole top rehabilitation and releveling

Replacement of a defective manhole top and repair of the surrounding road surface

Manhole restoration by means of manhole frame remover

Manhole restoration by means of manhole frame remover

Cured-in-place process

Renovation of a vitrified clay sewer DN 250 to DN 350 with the KM-Inliner method

Repair with stainless steel sleeves

Repair of HD-PE drain pipe of nominal sizes DN 150 to DN 350 with the stainless steel 'Stuttgarter Sleeve'

Cured-in-place process

Renovation of a surface water sewer DN 300 by the Inpipe process

Cured-in-place process

Renovation of a vitrified clay sewer nominal size DN 200 by the DS CityLiner process

Fill and drain system (Flood grouting)

Repair of a sewer DN 150 by the Sanipor fill and drain system (flood grouting)

Invert segmental lining with vitrified clay elements

Renovation of a circular cross section DN 1200 by partial lining with KeraLine elements

Grouted-in-place lining process

Renovation of an ovoid cross section DN 1000/1500 by the TROLINING® preliner system

BE-05 - Maintenance of drain and sewer systems - Cleaning I (DEMO)

Cleaning is one of the most important maintenance measures when it comes to ensuring a continuous performance of drainage systems. This module covers essential knowledge regarding the cause and effect of deposits, and provides a strategic approach to the development ...

BE-06 - Maintenance of drain and sewer systems - Cleaning II

Cleaning is one of the most important maintenance measures when it comes to ensuring a continuous performance of drainage systems. This module expands on the topics covered in module "D-05 cleaning I", by providing further knowledge on the applications and ...

BE-21 Utility Tunnelling

The installation of supply and disposal lines is still mostly performed using the open cut method consisting of digging a trench, laying the pipe under the protection of shoring, and subsequently backfilling the trench. Given the many disadvantages associated with ...

BE-15 - Replacement of sewers and drains

Replacement refers to the installation of new sewers and drains in place of existing pipelines, where the new pipeline takes over the functions of the old sewer or drain. The replacement process is subdivided into three methods: "open cut method", ...

BE-01 - Wastewater collection systems and their significance in water management

The overall challenge of each generation that takes over responsibility for a drain and sewer system is to construct new wastewater collection systems or to expand already existing ones, and to inspect, repair, renovate and replace, or rather adapt, them ...

BE-08 - Replacement of water, wastewater and gaspipelines

Replacement refers to the installation of new water, wastewater and gaspipelines in place of existing pipelines, where the new pipeline takes over the functions of the old water, wastewater and gaspipelines. The replacement process is subdivided into three methods: "open ...

AE-08 - Replacement of Water, Wastewater and Gas Pipelines

Replacement refers to the installation of new water, wastewater and gaspipelines in place of existing pipelines, where the new pipeline takes over the functions of the old water, wastewater and gas pipelines. The replacement process is subdivided into three methods: ...

AE-02 Installation of water pipes, drains and sewers using the open cut method

The installation of water pipes, in particular, drains and sewers is worldwide in large part performed using the open cut method. This at first glance "simple" construction method is actually highly complex when used in urban areas and at large ...

BE-02 Installation of water pipes, drains and sewers using the open cut method

The installation of water pipes, in particular, drains and sewers is worldwide in large part performed using the open cut method. This at first glance "simple" construction method is actually highly complex when used in urban areas and at large ...