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Charlie Hall may call his sewer and drain-cleaning operation a “redneck enterprise,” but there is no smirking about the way he has...

Video inspection cameras are beautiful things to Frank Canora. His belief in pipe inspections led him to open Drain Visions LLC in...

One of the perks of being a drain-cleaning contractor is that every now and then, maybe only once in a lifetime, you...

When John Perry struck out on his own 12 years ago, he saw that he could differentiate his business by providing “limousine...

Clayton Holland didn’t want his drain cleaning business left out in the cold. So he brought it into the warmth of a...

Toilets backing up in the 40 private rooms in the east and west wings of Darcy Hall of Life Care, an assisted...

With apologies to Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy turning a company green. But at the B. Frank Joy Co. in Hyattsville,...

It’s said that timing is everything in business. And when the timing isn’t just right, all it takes is a little creativity...

A water and sewer utility in the southeastern United States faced the prospect of spending $42 million to replace a 4,800-foot 28-inch...

Drain lines in a potato chip processing plant in Orlando, Fla., were running slowly or not at all. The facility, built in...

What do a McDonald’s value meal and the new fleet of combo vacuum trucks at McRae’s Environmental Services Ltd. have in common?...

Culverts clogged with sand along I-70 used to be a big problem for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Today, work crews...

Thirty years ago, Bill Smith established Lincoln Sewer & Drain after losing his job as a welder. He worked briefly for a...

Toilets backing up during Sunday services at the First Baptist Church in Harrisonville, N.J., brought custodian Chester Randall on the run.For the...