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The V-roof on the barracks of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Fla., directed rain into seven deteriorated cast-iron...

There isn’t much high ground south of New Orleans. Contour lines on topographic maps are far apart, and the water table is...

When there’s a sewage odor at a home or other building with a septic system, the tendency is to blame the onsite...

A well-trained team can make the difference between business success and failure. Lovett Services in Portland, Ore., has built a loyal workforce...

The way brothers Mark and Dave Denny see the world of municipal sewer maintenance, it’s better to be the Joneses than to...

Small doesn’t necessarily mean safe. Low-horsepower gasoline engines like those used on pressure washers, portable waterjetters, air compressors, and generators produce carbon...

During inspection of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) combined sewers, workers discovered two sections of 12-inch vitrified clay pipe...

An engineer in St. Charles County, Mo., hired 18-year-olds to do his percolation tests, designed the onsite systems on his kitchen table,...

For those reading this series on the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome to the process of evaluating the components of...

Blowing and drifting snow often closed stretches of Interstate 15 and mountain passes near Dearborn, Mont., backing up traffic to southbound and...

When the chance came to expand and grow their 16-year-old company even in a tight economy, owners Steve and Brenda Lee of...

“We’re known as the technology leaders in our area,” says Saltzman, owner of First Response Service in Sandwich, Ill., which does business...

Better customer service was Mike Hemenway’s primary goal when he bought a 2010 Isuzu NRR jetting truck equipped with a 4018 waterjetter...

This is the last in our series on installation of septic and sewage tanks. From here, we will move on to pump...

Jenni and David Belford, through their experiences with Adventures for Wish Kids, decided to build a year-round fun camp for children with...

Tom Hoeffken, a third-generation entrepreneur, grew up in the excavating business his grandfather started in the 1890s. Today, he and his son, Gabe,...

The technicians at Harmon Plumbing Services Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., don’t know the folks at the local parts warehouse nearly as well...

Hank and Shane VanVeen grew up around their father’s cleaning business, eventually joining it as employees. “Our dad owned the cleaning business...

I’d like to see you in my office at the end of the day.” This is one of those requests that just...