Tag: Municipal Engineering

Site/Municipal Practice Lead Hired in North Carolina

Ayres’ growing North Carolina team is excited to announce that Douglas Cooper, PE, PLS, recently began work in our North Carolina office as the firm’s site and municipal practice lead. Cooper will help drive Ayres’ initiative to undertake municipal and site development projects in North Carolina and collaborate with our other disciplines in the state.… Read More »

Unidirectional Flushing Scrubs Water Mains, Fire Hydrants

By Craig Schuh, PE To maintain their water supply systems, communities schedule routine water main and fire hydrant flushing, which removes sediments, deposits, and biofilm buildup from water systems and improves overall water quality. A unidirectional flushing program (UDF), however, takes those routine flushes a step further. How Does Unidirectional Flushing Work? In general, UDF… Read More »

Sewer Monitoring Shows the Way to Savings

Sewer flow monitoring helps communities precisely determine whether their wastewater piping is right-sized, what effect proposed development will have on flows, and exactly where leaks might be causing problems. Monitoring involves placing a sensor into the wastewater flow. The sensor measures the depth and velocity and uses those parameters to calculate the flow rate. Sensors… Read More »