When I&I isn’t mitigated, it leads to situations like this, where a faulty manhole boot allowed infiltration to pull sand into the manhole and caused a depression in the road. The Hillsborough County Field Maintenance Services Division often uses dewatering headers at excavation sites to speed up repairs due to the area’s high groundwater table.
Rich Cummings is one of the industry’s most passionate advocates for inflow and infiltration (I&I) mitigation. Slated to retire this fall in Florida from his position as director of Hillsborough County Field Maintenance Services Division, one of his goals is to help ensure the county remains positioned to fight leaks.
After two decades of leadership, he’ll pass the baton to Chris Jones, the current pump station operations section manager at Hillsborough. Both Cummings and...
