Hydroexcavation Helps Minimize Disruption of Archaeological Zone

As workers in Flint, Michigan, continue to identify lead pipes for replacement, hydroexcavation is easing the work that has to be completed in a sensitive area

Hydroexcavation Helps Minimize Disruption of Archaeological Zone

A worker in Flint, Michigan, carries copper pipe during a lead service line replacement. (Photo by Flint Journal)

The city of Flint, Michigan, is in its second year of an effort to completely purge its distribution system of lead service lines, prompted by the city’s water crisis of a few years ago.

A key tool in the lead pipe replacement program has been hydroexcavation. Contractors have...

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