While thousands of new and innovative products aimed at improving water and wastewater infrastructure hit the market every year, it’s also important to remember where the industry came from. A historical display, recently shown at WEFTEC 2014 in New Orleans, and sponsored by NASSCO and the Water Environment Federation, did just that.In the 1700s, when the United States was in its infancy — and growing municipalities began worrying about how to get potable water and wastewater from Point A to Point B — city founders used what was readily available. Across much of North America, that material was wood, specifically
