Sewer and Drain Cleaning

A quality pressure washer is worth every penny, even if it does cost quite a bit more than the cheapest machine available....

Someone asked me 15 years ago what I did for a living, and I proudly answered, "I inspect pipe." I could barely contain my enthusiasm. Here...

The Acoma Pueblo tribe of New Mexico has occupied the same land for more than 800 years, possibly as many as 2,000....

A small group of early-adopter contractors is using new water-recycling vacuum trucks to clean sewer lines. If adopted on a large scale,...

Serious kitchen drain stoppages at Southwest Medical Center menaced operations and sanitation. Worse, a parade of plumbers couldn’t cure the chronic quandary.Enter Linn’s...

General Pipe Cleaners’ new Mini Self-Leveling Camera automatically keeps the picture right side up as it glides though 2- to 4-inch lines....

The defining feature of the new Gen-Eye Prism video inspection system is simple: You don’t need to buy an expensive new video...

AllJetVac sewer cleaning machines, equipped with the new AllClean continuous water recycling system, can save an average of 5.7 million gallons of water...

Camera and pipe locating can be very intimidating. However, with the right equipment and a bit of practice, you’ll find that it...

The Phoenix Police Department continues to investigate how human remains ended up in a sewer system in the Paceo Point subdivision, where...

As the water and sewer industry has evolved, the equipment used to maintain those systems has grown increasingly more complex. Sometimes, however,...

In 2014, the city of Napa, California, experienced a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, which caused about a year’s worth of water main breaks...

San Francisco Bay Area agencies are making progress with a $113 million project aimed at bolstering water supplies for crisis situations. The...

Q: We use cable drain cleaners at our facility. But my young guys keep telling me I should switch to high-pressure water...

The number of water main breaks in Baltimore, Maryland, has declined by about 40 percent over the last two years, according to...

Vac2Go ceramic-lined porthole elbows Ceramic-lined porthole elbows from Vac2Go are designed to last longer than steel porthole elbows and reduce downtime. Ceramic-lined elbows...

It’s October, and that means it’s time for the baseball post season, the World Series, and tree root problems. Actually, tree roots...