Magazine Articles Files
Magazine Article: Lateral Grouting in South Fayette Township
Published Year: 2000
- South Fayette Township Municipal Authority (SFMA) serves the Township of South Fayette (population 13,500) located in the southwestern portion of Allegheny County, PA
Magazine Article: Municipalities Use Chemical Grout to Stretch Sewer Rehabilitation Budgets
Published Year: 2000
- Public works professionals maintain their facilities with the funds available rather than the funds needed. That situation is not likely no change, but some professionals have learned to stretch their pipeline rehab budgets further than ever before.
Rembco: When Grouting - Don't Forget the Soil
Published Year: 2000
- When soil or rock improvement or modification is needed, grouting is one of the options called for.
Magazine Article: Chemical Grout Helps Increase Sewer System Capacity
Published Year: 1999
- Some sewer districts have learned they can use chemical grout to stop leaks, then sell their excess capacity to other municipalities for more than the cost of rehab.
Magazine Article: Chemical Grout Maintains Trenchless Popularity, Viability
Published Year: 1999
- The use of chemical grout, the original trenchless method, continues to grow, year after year. Both awareness and sales are up significantly over five years ago, industry statistics show.
Magazine Article: Overpass Threatens Underground Pipes; Soil Stabilization Eases Concern
Published Year: 1999
- Construction of a new overpass on I-55-70 in East St. Louis, IL required an innovative solution to a persistent groundwater problem
Magazine Article: Chemical Grout Stops Leaks
Published Year: 1998
- Since its development in the early 1950s, chemical grout has been used to stop water movement through soils in mines, earthen dams, and excavation sites. It is also extremely effective in stopping leaks in buried structures.
Magazine Article: Using Grout to Lock Pollution in Place
Published Year: 1998
- In Pennsylvania, Rembco used grouting to contain oil leaking under an oil refinery’s sea wall. The concrete wall had been constructed on top of old wharf piling. Over time, tidal action caused erosion, resulting in leakage at the wall’s base.
Magazine Article: Chemical Grout Program Helps Austin, Texas Control Costs and Wastewater
Published Year: 1997
- Maintaining a watertight wastewater collection system is extremely important in Austin, TX. Not only does the city want to keep infiltration out of the system, it also wants to prevent exfiltration of wastewater.
Magazine Article: Save Money, Seal Service Laterals with Chemical Grouting
Published Year: 1997
- The more we learn about our sewer systems, the more we discover how much customer service lines contribute to the expensive problem of groundwater infiltration.
Magazine Article: How to be Assured of a Quality Grout Project
Published Year: 1996
- Chemical grout has been used successfully for more than 30 years to stop leaks in sewer systems. However, not all installations have been equally successful.
Magazine Article: Lateral Packers and Grout Close in on Infiltration
Published Year: 1996
- Over the past 30 years, tremendous progress has been made in reducing infiltration of groundwater into sewer systems. Now, one of the last sources of leaks is being sealed.
Magazine Article: Solving Trunk Sewer Installations Across Growth Faults
Published Year: 1996
- The City of Houston has two unique grouting projects in place that hold promise to support trunk sewer lines installed inside primary-lined tunnels crossing faults.
Magazine Article: How to Plan a Chemical Grout Program
Published Year: 1995
- How to plan your chemical grouting program: Most infiltration enters sewers through 1. Manholes, 2. Pipe Joints and 3. Service Connections and the first few feet of the service line.
Magazine Article: Re-Emergence of Chemical Grout
Published Year: 1995
- Recent studies and over 40 years of experience indicate that America's first trenchless technology is still the best, most effective, long-term defense against infiltration.