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Visual inspection and routine maintenance are the two keys to ensuring the longevity and safe operation of liquid-containing tanks. When the remaining...

Gary Toothe has seen enough injuries and deaths in his years to realize that hydroexcavation involves much more than a water hose...

When aging sewer lines in Detroit and the surrounding area begin to fail, Inland Waters Pollution Control, a division of IPR, is...

Since she first began working at Roto-Rooter of Fort Worth in 1987, Kim Miller knew she wanted to eventually own her own...

The prices of gasoline and diesel fuel continues to bounce around, driven by everything from volatile weather to volatile world politics. Considering...

For years, Air Services/All Service Plumbing in Springfield, Mo., replaced broken residential sewer lateral lines the conventional way: excavating customers’ well-groomed lawns...

Rapid inspection device uses acousticsProblem A major federal facility in Missouri wanted to develop a picture of flow conditions in its wastewater collection...

In an effort to improve, most companies and individuals will search for new ideas and strategies. They will seek out new marketing...

http://www.vac-con.com/x_cavator.html Vac-Con featured its X-Cavator at the 2013 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. The X-Cavator's powerful vacuum and high-pressure water system...

Last month we looked at preliminary information obtained in a site evaluation and why it is important for an installer to understand...

Designers of alternative onsite systems have a very real challenge in states that don’t mandate operation and maintenance. I characterize systems designed...

One of the best practices for maintaining equipment like skid-steers, mini-excavators and other machines used by onsite system installers is inspection of...

Some industrial wastewater lines at a food processing plant in San Jose, Calif., were too small to handle the volume and others...

Most of you work in very competitive markets and constantly struggle to maintain your profit margins. With more and more contractors entering...

Working with sewage requires waterproof gloves for obvious reasons, but that may not be enough. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and...

Micro-cutter renews pipe systemProblem: The 40-year-old cast iron stormwater drain at the Phoenix Plaza office building in Hartford, Conn., drained poorly due to...

Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...

Workers face many dangers in the underground world of wastewater. Sadly, the life of one young worker was taken last week when...

Membership was increasing at Leisure Lakes Resort in Joliet, Ill., and the owners wanted to treat the park's wastewater rather than store...