Editorial Articles

Being rushed on a point repair job can lead to mistakes. UV patch curing, however, eliminates the rush to install. Unlike other...

Joe Jaremko has had a varied trades career, experiencing both ups and downs.“Always making money, though,” says Jaremko, 62, owner of Arko...

Whether it’s technicians giving customers “high-fives” after service calls, hiring a business coach, offering technicians online and virtual reality training, or technician...

PPI releases new technical document, announces new online course The Plastics Pipe Institute released a new technical document that reports on the association’s findings...

Working in pits to clean or reline pipes and other confined spaces during the colder months can bring new sets of challenges...

For municipalities and contractors who clean endless miles of sewer lines, the goal is always to clean more with less effort and...

Dumas Pumping Service employees used to struggle vacuuming out deep lift stations, vaults at wastewater treatment plants and other jobs that required...

The sinking of the Titanic stands as a tragic and haunting reminder of human fallibility. Surprisingly, the parallels between the Titanic disaster...

Cable Drain Cleaning Machines Duracable DM30The DM30 cable drain cleaning machine from Duracable can be used in a variety of situations. Suited for...

Avanti AV-100 chemical grout earns NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 certification The Water Quality Association has granted certification to Avanti International’s AV-100 chemical grout, both in liquid...

Inspection and cleaning of a drain system typically requires multiple tools — namely the high-pressure drain cleaner first, followed by the camera...

Cable Drain Cleaning Machines Duracable DM30The DM30 cable drain cleaning machine from Duracable can be used in a variety of situations. Suited for...

Earth View is accustomed to challenging directional drilling jobs. But no matter the obstacles a given job may present, typically the company...

Each year, businesses waste thousands of dollars on training that doesn’t deliver expected results. Consequently, many company owners or managers determine that...

At first glance, plumbing a koi pond — a backyard body of water stocked with colorful fish — looks simple. You connect...

Chloride levels in many surface waters are increasing and pose an emerging environmental concern, since elevated chloride levels are harmful to aquatic...

We’re in the final month of the calendar year. You can probably guess where this is going. What lies in wait for...

Chris Podgurski can sum up in only three words why he ordered a custom-built, super-sized GapVax combo vacuum truck that he calls...

In the beginning, Tom Drexler Plumbing, Air & Electric was just Tom Drexler Plumbing. More to the point, it was just Tom Drexler. Yet...