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For years, sewage discharging from cleanouts affected as many as 40 properties at the 650-unit Millpond mobile home park in San Jose,...

To boost employee safety, enhance productivity and decrease operating costs, Martin’s Pipeline Inspection in Paris, Ky., went green – as in a...

Sewage backing into the emergency room complex of the Villages Regional Hospital brought employees from the maintenance arm of CH2M Hill on...

While it may not be obvious at first glance, there are similarities between telecommunications and municipal water and sewer – like laying...

Sometimes new opportunities make business owners take a deep breath and make big investments in new equipment. Rich Navert, owner and president...

The municipal swimming pool in Tracy, Minn., was losing hundreds of gallons of water per day. When a local contractor televised the...

For technicians at Diamondback Plumbing Services Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz., using underpowered equipment to break up heavy grease clogs in restaurant drain...

Sewage erupting 18 to 24 inches above ground near Lake Union waterfront brought City of Seattle crews on the double. The spill...

In the infrastructure-heavy markets where municipal and commercial cleaner Russell Reid operates, business opportunities are plentiful. To capitalize, the company, based in...

The economy in Alberta rises and falls with the energy sector. After almost 30 years in business, Perry Fish, owner of Electric...

Floor drains and downspouts backing up at a company’s training center near St. Louis, Mo., caught the attention of a general contractor...

Grayton Plumbing in Washington, D.C. doesn’t own a fleet of 20 trucks – it just seems that way. That visual sleight-of-hand is...

With apologies to Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy turning a company green. But at the B. Frank Joy Co. in Hyattsville,...

Culverts clogged with sand along I-70 used to be a big problem for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Today, work crews...

A new complex of condominiums on a hill in Daly City, Calif., would increase sewage flows and overwhelm the 800-foot-long, 8-inch vitreous...

Prevailing wisdom holds that a diversified customer base helps businesses prosper. Western Refinery Services in Ferndale, Wash., puts a new spin on...

When the time came for Alan O’Neill and his partner to name their drain cleaning and plumbing company in Houston, Texas, in...