Editorial Articles

I like the notion that people who work with wastewater are essentially health care professionals. It frames this industry in a context...

Pacific Drain Service founder and president Lane Post had been working in conjunction with local plumbing contractors for years when he and...

Service is a top priority for North American Construction, which has made its name by providing 24/7 emergency response, working on tight...

The UtilityScan ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system from Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI) locates metallic and nonmetallic targets, including plastics, cementitious materials and...

GREASE TRAP EMERGENCY!When 3-year-old Wyatt Scharenbroch stumbled into a restaurant grease pit recently in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, his parents were shocked, scared,...

I hope you were able to attend this year’s Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show. If you didn’t, you missed...

Pipe bursting enables rehabilitation of wastewater lines compromised by earthquakeProblem - A string of devastating earthquakes that began in 2010 in Christchurch, New Zealand,...

A short scene in a recent episode of a hit TV cop show had little to do with the plot but did...

Owning a pipeline rehabilitation and inspection business can be fun and rewarding. I have been involved in building — or helping build...

One of the smallest machines owned by Sewer Duck Inc., a drain cleaning operation in Aberdeen, South Dakota, also happens to be...

How many hats do you wear? General contractor, site director, head mechanic, substitute driver, payroll manager – for many of you, that’s...

Miksis Services of Healdsburg, California, learned early that you don’t stay in this business more than three decades by finding your comfort...

A good example is A-1 Sewer and Drain in Rapid City, South Dakota, which by any measure started out small in 2000....