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California Cleaner Carries on Family Legacy
If Mendy Calegari had a favorite Beatles song, it might easily be “Eight Days a Week.” And even that amount of time...
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10 Photos of Proper Confined-Space Entry Work
Confined-space entry work can be dangerous — and even deadly. Whether your workers clean tanks and pipes or plunge into manholes to...
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7 Steps to Establish Proper Vegetative Cover
If you're on a job that requires working underground, removing vegetation or disturbing the soil increases the chances of soil erosion. There...
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Enhancing Camera Inspections Through Versatility
Different cameras for different applications. That’s the philosophy at Underground Eyes in West Blocton, Alabama. The company relies on camera trucks outfitted...
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Worker Hospitalized After Falling Into Manhole
A worker for Culy Contracting Inc. fell into a manhole space last week while at a job site in Franklin, Ohio, and...
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Avoid Grease Trap Emergencies
When 3-year-old Wyatt Scharenbroch stumbled into a restaurant grease pit recently in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, his parents were shocked, scared and thankful...
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By the Numbers: 2015 WWETT Show Wrap-Up
By all accounts, the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show was among our most successful shows yet, and we...
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7,000th Vac-Con Unit Comes to WWETT Show
Terry Roberts knew he was in the market for a new combination sewer cleaning machine. He also knew he wanted a Vac-Con....
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Pipe Bursting Key to Arlington National Cemetery Water Main Replacement
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union soldiers occupied Arlington, Virginia, realizing that the location offered a great strategic location, just...
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Trenchless Tricks: Pipeline Repair Troubleshooting
Trenchless rehabilitation techniques have become a generally accepted solution for most mainline sewer and storm system pipeline repairs, which means it’s even...
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Could Leasing a Building Sink Your Business?
“There is nothing more secure than land and a building.” Commercial real estate expert Dale Willerton says that is the bottom line...
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Wait! Did You Check Your Gas Detector?
Just a few months ago, two men were killed and one man was hospitalized when they were overcome by toxic fumes while...
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When is it OK to Give Price Breaks?
In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....

















