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ART Successfully Lines a Wet Well for Major Yogurt Manufacturer
The pump station for a major yogurt manufacturer in central Ohio was in need of valve and pump maintenance as well as a replacement of a failing liner. Since it handled all of the facilities’ wastewater, the company couldn’t allow the pump station to have an...
Is The Summer Rainy Season More Than Your Aging Culverts Can Handle?
Our Director of Technology, Bob Klopfenstein, worked at a corrugated steel culvert plant for one of his summer jobs several decades ago. He learned a lot with this early exposure to the industry and culvert knowledge has served him and our customers well throughout...
What Does a Manhole Rehab Company Do?
You’ve heard of manhole rehabilitation, but what does a manhole rehab company actually do? The short answer is - a lot! Advanced Rehabilitation Technology (ART) is a leader in the manhole rehab industry. Since the company started in 2007, we’ve expanded our service...
More Than a Manhole Rehabilitation: Angola Wastewater Treatment Plant Highlight
The Angola Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Angola, IN, is a Class III facility designed for an average daily flow of 1.7 MGD. With a conventional activated sludge process, their plant consistently removes more than 95% of the biochemical oxygen demand, total...
What Product is Best for Trenchless Sewer Lining Repair?
Instead of digging a trench along the entire length of the sewer line that is to be replaced, removing it and then replacing it with a new pipe, trenchless sewer lining repair involves very little excavation that needs to be performed. This means your township’s...
Adding Years of Life to a SBR Tank: Chicora Borough Sewer Authority Highlight
Chicora Borough Sewer Authority is located in Chicora, Pennsylvania, 40 miles north of Pittsburgh. Chicora was incorporated as the borough of Millerstown in 1855, and the borough name was changed to Chicora in 1959. The municipal authority was incorporated in 1947. ...
How do you rehabilitate brick manholes with OBIC products?
As you know, the main purpose of a man-sized hole or “manhole”, was to allow workers to enter the sewer system. Manholes have been in existence in the United States for over 200 years, with some still in service dating back to the pre-Civil War era. At that time,...
Restoring Structural Integrity to a Lift Station: City of Bluffton Highlight
Bluffton, Indiana was nicknamed “The Parlor City” over a century ago because its paved streets (a new phenomenon at the time) made the city “as clean as your parlor.” Today, Bluffton is a vibrant community with a population of 10,384. It opened a new sewage treatment...
6 Causes and Treatments of Manhole Inflow and Infiltration Issues
Inflow and infiltration (I&I) is excess water that flows into sewer pipes from stormwater (inflow) and groundwater (infiltration). In this blog post, we’ll break down the causes and best practices for treatment of I&I even further. This illustration shows...
How a Small Investment Returned Huge Savings: City of Johnstown Project Highlight
In 2021, the city of Johnstown, PA experienced severe infiltration at the casting and cone joint of a 3.17vf manhole located approximately 150’ down in a Gautier Steel Limited tunnel. How severe? At an estimated 40 gallons per minute or 2,400 gallons per hour, that...
