There is somewhere between 700,000 and 800,000 miles of public sewer running below homes, businesses, parks and playgrounds across the U.S. — much of it largely brittle if not broken.
Improving that infrastructure first requires thorough inspection and condition assessment to properly catalog, document, quantify and prioritize the repair or replacement of each asset.
Considering the quantity of assets and how swiftly the pipeline infrastructure is deteriorating, it will be...