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This feature in Cleaner reports noteworthy conversations that take place in Cleaner Discussion, an e-mail based forum for industry professionals sponsored...

Several years ago, employees at Kline’s Services Inc. in Salunga, Pa., felt more like ping-pong balls at times than drain-cleaning service technicians.“Our...

There are many ways to repair leaks in concrete structures like sanitary and storm pipes, manholes and basins. One of the oldest...

In the summer of 2002, two CIPP technicians, ages 25 and 19, were overcome by toxic sewer gas and drowned while walking...

The Department of Public Works in the Village of Owego, N.Y., planned to reconstruct Spencer Avenue and needed the 24-inch clay sewer...

A crammed, unorganized service truck is the bane of any technician. Wasting time searching for a part or tool and traveling back...

Someday, David Currier Jr. hopes to drive a race car bearing the emblems of brands like Mountain Dew, Craftsman, and The...

When an inspection reveals a fracture in a property owner’s sewer line, the last thing a technician wants to do is wait...

Industrial vacuum systems have been part of cleaners’ fleets for decades, used for a host of tasks from cleaning sewers, catch basins...

At first glance, the 1997 Grand Cherokee Limited that EcoClean uses to transport inspection gear looks like a classic case of killing...

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...