Clogged with tons of debris accumulated during more than 10 years of inattention, a network of large concrete box culverts posed a threat of flooding for the drainage canals connected throughout the city of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. Thanks to an innovative solution that matched up commercial divers with an advanced-technology vacuum truck and a versatile new sewer-cleaning nozzle, the city’s culverts are debris-free and the canals are no longer in danger of overflowing.Shenandoah Construction of Pompano Beach, specializing in storm and sanitary sewer maintenance and trenchless construction, solved the city’s problem with a combination of ingenuity, skill and technology. The






