by Summer Minger | Mar 21, 2017 | Water Loss, Financial Shock, Ohio, West Virginia, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Infrastructure
The story of Follansbee begins in 1699 with French explorers who claimed the Ohio River valley and developed trade with many native tribes, including the Mingo Indians who occupied a small village known as the “Old Mingo Bottom” located on the land where Follansbee is...
by Summer Minger | Mar 16, 2017 | Georgia, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, Service Line Myths, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Public-Private Partnerships
The National League of Cities (NLC) Service Line Warranty Program helps residents of partner municipalities repair or replace thousands of water and sewer laterals every year. The Program has helped more than 140,000 residents in cities and towns around the U.S. save...
by Summer Minger | Mar 16, 2017 | Education, Infrastructure, Inflow & Infiltration, Lead in Water, Service Line Myths
The recent release of the 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Report Card showed no improvement in the overall grade for the nation’s infrastructure, holding steady at D+ overall, compared to the last report issued in 2013. The ASCE...
by Summer Minger | Mar 16, 2017 | Large Cities, California, Arizona, Minnesota, State, Public-Private Partnerships
2016 saw tremendous and exciting activity for the NLC Service Line Warranty Program! We welcomed 71 new city partners in the U.S., bringing our total to over 400 across North America. We now serve nearly 11 million municipal households, and performed a repair or...
by Summer Minger | Mar 16, 2017 | Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Financial Shock
If you have ever received a piece of mail, or an email, describing the National League of Cities (NLC) Service Line Warranty Program, you have likely read about the exceptionally high customer satisfaction rating we maintain. From a city official’s perspective,...
