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North Olmstead, Ohio holds 37,000 residents who are served by 159 miles of a sanitary sewer system beneath Cleveland South. The sewer lines, mostly installed between 1960 and 1974, consists of vitrified clay pipe, 2,800 manholes and 900 hydrants. After three years of a continuous sewer overflow problem, the North Olmstead team has the situation under control due to a huge $39 million capital improvement program and ongoing maintenance procedures.

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Cured-in-place pipe Technique Renews Wastewater Lateral While Sparing Landmark Bridge

Problem: The Clear Creek Conservancy District in west-central Indiana began noticing a sharp rise in sewer system flows in the last five years, setting off high-level alarms in lift stations. The district sought a sewer-televising contractor to find the source of additional flow. It also requested the contractor locate and document any defects or causes of infiltration.

Just as the Detroit Tigers are always looking to improve performance on the field, the operations staff at Comerica Park is looking to do the same. Comerica Park's Senior Services Manager Ed Goward contacted a local plumbing distributor to investigate upgrading the plumbing at the facility. This local plumbing distributor recommended a newly developed Wax Free Urinal Seal™ manufactured by Fernco, Inc., based in Davison, Michigan.