Most municipal wastewater utilities handle sanitary sewer overflows internally and have their own emergency response teams, but these services are being outsourced more and more. As a result, there is an emerging opportunity for contractors that specialize in pipeline inspection and cleaning.
In 1972, the Clean Water Act was enacted in an effort to help clean up our waterways. The legislation led to a national focus on reducing the number of SSOs in the 1990s, and the results were quite impressive. Utilities were able to achieve significant reductions by taking aggressive and proactive
