Sewer and Drain Cleaning

Turbo chain cutter nozzles clear roots and other obstructions from egg-shaped pipes.

Manufacturers are constantly improving tools for cleaning and maintaining municipal sewer lines. New tools for jetting, cable machine cleaning and industrial vacuum loading serve a variety of functions, from the cleaning of debris, roots and grease from various-sized pipe, to removing paint and other coatings from surfaces, to hydroexcavation and cutting. Here is a look at some of the latest developments.

Henderson Water Utility takes aggressive approach to combined sewer separation and reaps systemwide benefits.

Canada’s York Region is undertaking an aggressive inspection of its trunk sewer lines in preparation for population growth.

Desert community strategizes to keep pace with the needs of residents and industry as explosive growth strains supplies.

For the first time at the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo in Indianapolis, five companies performed live equipment demonstrations outside the Indiana Convention Center.

Automated tank cleaning programs can save time and labor and improve worker safety.

Danbury, N.C., successfully gambles on ice pigging to clean its distribution pipes and solve water quality problems.