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SewerVUE Technology Corp. has released a robot-mounted, in-pipe inspection system that incorporates CCTV with ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The SewerVUE Surveyor system accurately...

Drain cleaners often charge a hefty premium for clogged-drain emergencies. Still, it makes sense to minimize such calls by educating customers about...

Working on sewer and water pipes almost by definition means working in traffic at times. And accidents in which workers are hit...

In some ways, the drain-cleaning business hasn’t changed in years. Drains and pipes still get blocked. Lines get inspected with push cameras...

In 1978, my husband took over a small septic system installation and maintenance business when his father retired. I was working part-time...

Huge numbers of Americans approaching retirement age have not saved nearly enough for their later years. The Federal Reserve reports that Americans...

There's a relatively new outlet for operator training in the clean-water profession. The American Association of Water and Wastewater Professionals (AAWWP) has...

The Johnson County (Kan.) Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant Solids Improvements Project has earned a National Environmental Achievement Award...

Seldom has something so beneficial caused such controversy. Land application of biosolids has the sanction of the U.S. EPA as a beneficial...

Charlie Hall may call his sewer and drain-cleaning operation a “redneck enterprise,” but there is no smirking about the way he has...

Video inspection cameras are beautiful things to Frank Canora. His belief in pipe inspections led him to open Drain Visions LLC in...

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

One of the perks of being a drain-cleaning contractor is that every now and then, maybe only once in a lifetime, you...

Perma-Liner Featured on Extreme MakeoverPerma-Liner installer Grant Utilities Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., was featured in the Jan. 3 episode of Extreme...

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...

It’s been said: “Money isn’t everything – but whatever’s in second place is a heck of a long way behind!” It’s tough...

The 30th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo struck an optimistic note for the environmental service industry. Attendance reached 8,784 persons representing...

We all see it: The Internet is changing the way companies advertise. No longer are choices limited to TV, radio, print publications,...