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50,000-ton frac sand facility opens in WisconsinSource Energy Services – a Calgary, Alberta-based company – has opened a frac sand production, storage...

In 2013, officials at AIMS/PVIC LLC received an emergency call from a molybdenum-processing plant at an Arizona mine, where a blocked transfer...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces 12 distinguished members as the 2014 WEF Fellows recipients. This prestigious designation recognizes members’ achievements,...

Makita, the innovation leader in cordless tool technology, has expanded the world's largest 18V lithium-ion cordless tool platform with the 18V Compact...

Confined-space entry work can be dangerous — and even deadly. Whether your workers clean tanks and pipes or plunge into manholes to...

General Pipe Cleaners’ Speedrooter 92 blends rugged reliability with ease-of-use. The redesigned inner drum is molded to surround and contain the Flexitube...

As an outdoorsman who loves to fish and canoe, Douglas Hurrelbrink has a passionate concern for clean water. Since 2010 he’s brought...

Ken Howard always looked forward to retirement. Then in 1997, after 28 years of running a trash-hauling business in South Carolina’s Upcountry,...

New-and-improved materials and technologies are part of the reason the drain cleaning and plumbing industry is so exciting. These advancements provide countless...

Alcohol and substance abuse costs the Canadian economy $24.3 billion per year in lost productivity and about 10 times that in the...

There’s no doubt Wisconsin has some of the best sand in the world. The state’s Department of Natural Resources knows it —...

In the world of industrial operations and drain cleaning everyone wants one thing: A way to boost efficiency and output that results...

The dictionary defines roustabout as an unskilled laborer, and though it’s a term used for one of the most common services in...

A recently conducted survey of fleet management executives across the United States by a GPS fleet and asset tracking firm identified the...

TRIC Tools participated in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s fourth annual “Make it in America; Sell it to the World” seminar in...

Line assessment tool helps city find blockages in sewerProblem: The City of Starkville, Miss., needed to quickly get a handle on blockage conditions...

The swing check valve from Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp., designed for industrial water and wastewater applications, meets NSF/ANSI 372 standards. Closure...