Editorial Articles

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...

Frank Delano thinks in a different direction because he believes everyone else is on the wrong course. That attitude has enabled him...

They’ve been around for years. They’re not fancy or sophisticated. But they get the job done. That describes cable machines, as basic...

Advances in pipe service technology took the spotlight at the 28th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International in Louisville, Ky., Feb....

Contractors who believe the younger generation doesn’t understand hard work, pride in craftsmanship or business acumen haven’t met the crew of Red...

Ten-year-old Billy Johnson just got home from school. He’s been thinking about an ice cream bar all day. Unfortunately, the only person...

Schonstedt Instrument Co. sells sophisticated electronic devices to locate underground sewer pipes, water lines and other utilities. But the company also gives...

When a piece of coal was sucked up and lodged in an industrial vacuum’s hose, a worker chased after it, sticking his...