Smart Sewer Podcast & Wastewater News

What Is a Wastewater System? How It Works and Why It’s Important

Key Takeaways A wastewater system collects, transports, treats, and disposes of used water safely. Wastewater systems protect public health by...

The Complete Guide to Inflow & Infiltration (I&I) for Municipalities

Inflow and infiltration (I&I) is stormwater and groundwater leaking into sanitary sewers through defects and illegal connections, often 30 to...

Texas Water 2026 is here and RH Borden is ready to talk smarter sewer maintenance.

RH Borden is exhibiting at Texas Water 2026 in San Antonio, Booth 1081, showing utilities data-driven tools for I&I location,...

Largest North American Micro-Metering High Density Level Sensor Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) Study using RH Borden’s BASINiQ

RH Borden BASINiQ finds I&I down to the exact pipe across 70 miles using 423 Sensors for Village of Great...

AWWA Conference in Keystone Colorado

At the AWWA conference in Keystone, Colorado, RH Borden and partner QP Services presented digital twin technologies and the role...

RH Borden at the Rural Water Association of Utah Conference

At the Rural Water Association of Utah Conference in Layton, RH Borden shared new high-resolution I&I technologies built on six...

RH Borden Attends CMOM and Tri-State Seminars This Week

RH Borden attended WEAT CMOM 2025 in Houston and the Tri-State Seminar in Las Vegas, where the City of Houston...

RH Borden’s BASINiQ Plays Key Role For Reducing I&I

At WEF's Collection Systems Conference in Houston, RH Borden showcased BASINiQ and its work helping the City of Houston target...

Insights from the WEF/WEAT Collection Systems and Stormwater Conference 2025

At the 2025 WEF/WEAT Collection Systems and Stormwater Conference in Houston, RH Borden showed how target-basin monitoring and BASINiQ speed...

What Is Sewer Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) and Why It’s Costing Cities Millions

Key Takeaways Sewer Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) is the unintended entry of stormwater or groundwater into sanitary sewer systems. I&I...

BASINiQ: Now Patented by RH Borden

BASINiQ: A Major Milestone in the Fight Against Inflow and Infiltration RH Borden's BASINiQ, a data-driven method combining high-density sensors,...

There’s a New Sensor in Town: The Smart Sewer Just Got Real

Caption: Turlock, California, gets a taste of the smart sewer.RH Borden is releasing the Grundfos radar level sensor behind its...

Exploring the Future of Water: RH Borden at West Basin’s Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility

RH Borden toured West Basin's Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, which has recycled 271 billion gallons, showing how smart...

Inflow vs. Infiltration: Why Recognizing the Difference Matters

Inflow enters through surface defects like open manholes; infiltration seeps through cracked pipes. Fixing inflow first is faster, cheaper, and...

Waterloo, Ontario Adapts to New Regulatory Framework for Sewer Systems

Waterloo, Ontario is adopting new technology to meet Ontario's 2023 CLI-ECA framework, which modernized environmental compliance approvals for wastewater and...

Sensors Help Arizona Utility Locate Inflow and Infiltration

RH Borden's iTracker sensors helped Green Valley Water, AZ pinpoint the top 2 basins and 5 manholes causing monsoon I&I...

Assessment Tool Helps Utility Fulfill Maintenance Plan

Gainesville Regional Utilities used acoustic assessment to inspect its 671-mile sewer system, evaluating up to 10,000 feet of pipe daily...

What 400 Million Ft of Sewer Data Tells Us About Collection System Management

Analysis of 400 million feet of sewer inspection data shows why proactive, condition-based maintenance outperforms reactive run-until-failure programs at preventing...

Bend’s climate-conscious sewer line assessment tool will bring music to your ears

The City of Bend, Oregon uses the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool, which plays sound waves through pipes to detect...

Utah adopts acoustic assessments across the state

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Sewer technology causes mysterious music

Residents of downtown Salt Lake City have reported hearing strange music coming from the sewers, sparking some to speculate that...

Sewer technology causes mysterious music in Salt Lake City

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RH Borden awarded contract for reports, surveys of Bisbee sewer system

BISBEE  Work is moving ahead in maintaining the sewer collection lines of Old Bisbee as the mayor and council approved...

RH Borden Helps Customers Harness the Power of Sewer System Data

"Smart cities" has been a buzz phrase in municipal circles for the last decade as cities transition from paper and...

News Release of RH Borden’s Partnership with Iron Woman in Colorado

Iron Woman is excited to announce a new partnership with RH Borden to bring cutting edge technology and services to...

Singing sewer technology saves water for Utah

SALT LAKE CITY - Technology being used underground across Utah is saving the state a lot of water. In Utah,...