New Paradigms

Innovations including a new cleaning and inspection system are vital to the City of Tacoma’s award-winning stormwater management program
New Paradigms
The Public Works team includes, from left, crew member Ryan Welander, chemist Rick Fuller, and crew member Troy Ihlen.

Last May the City of Tacoma (Wash.) Public Works began an ambitious project to inspect the condition and sediment load in every foot of the city’s 10-inch or larger storm sewer pipes. That’s more than 2 million linear feet in all.

Using a combination of hydraulically powered...

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