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Bend Collections Utility workers Justin Young (left) and Joe Johnson maneuver and monitor a Cues MPlus camera system to check a repair they just completed on a sewer line.
On the surface, the city of Bend, Oregon, appears just like any midsize growing city, but unusual patterns of growth in tough terrain have created a unique wastewater collections system with an enormous number of lift stations.
Bend is meeting the challenge, however, and it’s...