EditorialCalifornia Utility Uses Creativity to Combat Manhole Infiltration

California Utility Uses Creativity to Combat Manhole Infiltration

A California sanitary district makes an agreement with Oatey to develop a manhole sealant product

  • Appeared in print as "Sealing the Deal"
  • By Giles Lambertson
  • Fall 2022
  • Utility Spotlight
California Utility Uses Creativity to Combat Manhole Infiltration

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CUES, Inc. Oatey Pollution Wastewater Treatment Tourism Water Quality Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) Aging Infrastructure Inspection Camera
California Utility Uses Creativity to Combat Manhole Infiltration

A worker with the Truckee Sanitary District uses a caulking gun to apply Hercules Shutout lubricant and sealant to a manhole lip.

Living in paradise is demanding for anyone charged with keeping it unpolluted. That’s the responsibility given to Blake Tresan, general manager and chief engineer of the Truckee (California) Sanitary District.

Truckee is located next to a river of the same name, which flows from nearby Lake Tahoe. The town sits nearly 6,000 above sea level in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This combination of lake waters and mountain slopes in a pristine California setting lures weekend...

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