Surf’s Up

A camera inspection using a modified Boogie board float helps a California city locate and remove a blockage before sewage backs up in a school yard

By Scottie Dayton
January 2009
Better Mousetraps

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Chris Lopez and David Holguin, collection system operators for the Rancho California Water District in Temecula, Calif., noticed a high level in a manhole on an easement near Calvary Chapel complex. An overflow here meant sewage encroaching on an elementary school playground.

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