Sewer Maintenance Articles

We celebrate the continued dedication and hard work of drain cleaning contractors by revisiting companies profiled 10 years ago in Cleaner magazine....

Take a look at the Elliott’s Sewer & Drain cleaning company featured 10 years ago in Cleaner magazine. We spotlight the company...

Usually when you lower cameras into sewers and slide down manholes, it’s fairly predictable what you’re going to find, but sometimes you...

Rather than subcontracting pipe bursting work this season, perhaps it’s time to invest in the necessary equipment and train your municipal workers...

“Keep the group in the loop.” That’s the motto of the Evansville, Ind., collections team and it assures that everyone knows what...

Damaged infrastructure. Water-quality concerns. Sewage backups. The results of combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows and excess stormwater runoff can cause permanent...

There’s an old joke that goes something like this: A violinist, late for an audition, inquires of a New York cabbie, “How...

Pipe bursting and cured-in-place pipe lining are proven methods for rehabilitating aging and deteriorated pipes. Being cognizant of available pipe bursting, lining...

Job safety has progressed greatly since the mid-1970s when I began my water and wastewater career. At the time, some situations might...

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s recently released report, State of the Sewers 2013, takes a hard-nosed look at the...

Whether you work in a wastewater treatment facility, on a sewer collections system maintenance inspection and rehabilitation crew, or in residential plumbing...

“See how they used to do this?” said my father a long time ago, pointing to an old framed invoice hanging in...