Frequent sanitary sewer overflows once plagued the city of Fruita, Colorado. As is often the case, one of the many factors contributing to the problem was inflow and infiltration.
But those chronic SSO issues are a thing of the past. The city has not had an incident in over a decade. It’s largely thanks to an ambitious staff of three, who take a proactive approach to maintaining the entire 74-mile collections system in the western Colorado city.
“We run into challenges,...