The education courses at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show may not be the most exciting part of...
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Online Exclusives
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....
Online Exclusives
Perma-Liner Opens Midwest Distribution Facility in Chicago
To meet growing needs, Perma-Liner has opened a distribution facility in the outlining Chicago suburb of Plainfield, Illinois. This new facility will...
Editorial
Rising Above the Rest
Many contractors focus on residential work or larger municipal jobs. BlueWorks Inc, based in Clearwater, Fla., has combined aspects of both in...
Blogs
Death sends a message: Don’t take chances with hydrogen sulfide
Workers face many dangers in the underground world of wastewater. Sadly, the life of one young worker was taken last week when...
Blogs
Hidden treasures uncovered
You never really know what you’ll find when you take apart a plugged drain line, clean out a storm sewer or start...
Editorial
Long Reach
Looking to broaden services, build new business, increase productivity and protect employees, the owners of Florida Flow Control in Wellington, Fla., decided...
Editorial
Just One Call
They wanted to be a one-stop-shop for problems with underground utility lines: to find it, fix it, and leave the client in...
Editorial
Holding the Fort
The V-roof on the barracks of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Fla., directed rain into seven deteriorated cast-iron...
Editorial
Healing Hands
Two or three times per week, sewage backed up into the emergency room, radiology department, and cafeteria of the Martin Memorial Hospital...
Editorial
Tracking Trouble
A heavily tuberculated, flaking and rusting 90-foot section of 18-inch carbon steel pipe in a 280-foot clay pipe sewer was a headache...
Editorial
Angels of Mercy
Toilets backing up in the 40 private rooms in the east and west wings of Darcy Hall of Life Care, an assisted...
Editorial
Just Can’t Stop
Drain lines in a potato chip processing plant in Orlando, Fla., were running slowly or not at all. The facility, built in...















