But public works officials in Forest are smart. They discovered that vacuum sewer technology by AIRVAC would solve their problems at a cost they could afford, and the contractor who installed it is now a big believer in the technology. As you might expect by their name, Forest is a town with many large, mature trees. It also is a city built on a layer of bedrock. These factors made engineers cringe at the thought of installing deep gravity sewers, a project that would be extremely expensive and disruptive.
“We’ve recommended vacuum sewers to lots of cities,” said Joe Musgrave, general superintendent of Kirk Brothers Company, the company that installed Forest’s vacuum sewers. “Public works crews love vacuum technology and vacuum sewers typically cost less to install. They make everyone’s life easier.” This article appeared in the September, 2004 issue of Underground Construction.
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