The L.A.T.E.R.A.L. Method™
A Seven-Stage Protocol for Municipal Lateral Infiltration & Inflow, the System’s Most Neglected Source,
Delivered by One Accountable Team.
Definition
The L.A.T.E.R.A.L. Method™ is a structured, seven-stage approach to the laterals that drive a disproportionate share of infiltration and inflow into a collection system. Service laterals are often the largest untracked I&I source and the hardest to address, because they cross the public and private boundary and because, in typical procurement, assessment, execution, and verification are split across separate vendors with no shared accountability.
The method exists to close that gap. It is a continuous chain from source identification through long-term asset management, run by one team. Each stage has defined activities and a concrete output, and each output feeds the next.
Locate the problem, assess the condition, target the priorities, evaluate the funding, rehabilitate the laterals, analyze the results, lifecycle the assets.
Protocol
Why It Matters
The Problem
In typical lateral rehabilitation procurement, the work is awarded to separate vendors or looped into a larger contract, often unrelated to the core services required. Each vendor owns its own slice, and no one owns the outcome. When measured reductions fall short, accountability fragments.
The Method
The L.A.T.E.R.A.L. Method™ runs complete assessment, execution, and verification under one team with shared accountability. The same organization is responsible for every tier of the work and acts as a direct partner to your utility to drive return on investment and lifecycle planning.
One Team. One Outcome. Continuous Accountability.
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