Ratepayers

Terminology used by lawmakers to refer to utility customers responsible for paying for service.

Re-Engineering

All aspects of upgrading the performance of existing collection systems. Structural re-engineering includes repair, rehabilitation and renewal. Hydraulic reengineering covers replacement, reinforcement, flow reduction or attenuation and occasionally rehabilitation.

Receiving Pit

(1) See exit pit. (2) An opening in the earth located at the expected exit of the cutting head or casing. (3) Come out hole, come out pit; The pit that is dug at the end of the bore, opposite the jacking pit.

Reception Shaft

Excavation into which the microtunneling equipment is driven and recovered.