Waterline Renewal Technologies

New Orleans: Sinking Ground and a Below-Sea-Level System Are Testing Sewer Rehabilitation

Cross-section of a cracked underground sewer pipe with tree root intrusion and groundwater infiltration seeping in

New Orleans’s underground infrastructure sits beneath a city that is quite literally sinking. Decades of subsidence have pushed much of the metro below sea level, and the Sewerage and Water Board manages a collection system fighting gravity, groundwater, and geology all at once. For engineers and contractors handling sewer rehabilitation across New Orleans, inflow and […]