Editorial Articles

Everyone knows parts of the United States and Canada have two seasons: winter and road construction. Your employees can easily become upset...

A neighbor down the street is an attorney, a sports lover, and all-around good guy. He’s also, I learned quite some time...

NLB Releases Accessory Catalog, Updates Online QuotingNLB Corp.’s new waterjet accessory catalog features field-reparable lances and rotating nozzles, rotary hose devices and...

There’s no question that an industrial vacuum loading rig is a major investment for a cleaning contractor. By the time the buying...

When an inspection reveals a fracture in a property owner’s sewer line, the last thing a technician wants to do is wait...

Industrial vacuum systems have been part of cleaners’ fleets for decades, used for a host of tasks from cleaning sewers, catch basins...

At first glance, the 1997 Grand Cherokee Limited that EcoClean uses to transport inspection gear looks like a classic case of killing...

While controlling main-line inflow and infiltration, the Rockland (Mass.) Sewer Depart-ment faced another challenge: groundwater migrating into the sewers through 6-inch vitrified...

This feature in Cleaner reports noteworthy conversations that take place in Cleaner Discussion, an e-mail based forum for industry professionals sponsored...

“More than two-and-a-half years after the hurricanes, our crews are still helping to restore full sewer service to the residents of...

Hunter has owned the company for 20 years after having been an employee for 18 years. He introduced many of the...

The Disney Co. re-releases a 50-year-old animated film, and it makes millions. Apple creates a cell phone, and the world holds its...

It’s the dream of every small business owner: selling the business someday for a handsome price. Making that dream a reality takes...

Like competitive sports, many industrial cleaning tasks are team endeavors. That is especially true of waterblasting with high- or ultra-high-pressure equipment.Pump operators,...

In the movie comedy Ruthless People, Danny DeVito plays a vicious fashion executive who at one point snarls about how deeply he...

Perma-Liner Becomes Insituform DistributorPerma-Liner Industries Inc. has become a licensed distributor for Insituform Technologies Inc. and its products for rehabilitating sewer, water...

Water coursing into corroded culverts at Jacksonville (Fla.) Naval Air Station was eroding the surrounding soil, causing roads to sink and creating...

There’s not much pleasant to be found inside a drain line, and all cleaning contractors eventually seem to run into a challenge...

Drain cleaning has always been a bit of an art, and it remains so, even in the age of line inspection cameras...