You shimmy into cramped trench boxes and maneuver heavy equipment into tight quarters, all in the name of pipe bursting. The no-dig...
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Trucking Industry Wins Road Licensing Equality
In Ontario, Canada, both sewage truck operators and the trucking industry are declaring victory after years of petitioning the province to apply...
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True Grit: Using Dry Abrasives to Scour Pipe
One of the costliest aspects of relining potable water pipes is the provision of pipeline by-pass systems to provide temporary water to...
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Victory! Pumpers Win Battle for Road Licensing Equality
In the Canadian province of Ontario, both sewage truck operators and the trucking industry are declaring victory after years of petitioning the...
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Oilsand Extraction Technology Could Be a Game Changer
A new technology developed by the California-based MCW Energy Group could change the way oilsands oil extraction is viewed in the United...
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Nova Scotia Wastewater Contractor Networks To Success
Take more than three decades of septic service, add a thriving portable sanitation component, then stir in a helping of equipment sales...
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Rebuilding Sewer And Water Infrastructure Takes Massive Effort
Heavy rains struck southern Alberta on June 19, 2013, compounded with a sudden release of heavy snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains. The...
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What the Heck is Remote Hole Excavation?
In most cases, hydroexcavation takes place close to the dig site, using a truck’s hydrovac boom. Tougher jobs in hard-to-reach places require...
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Canada or Bust! Trenchless Leader Heads North
Andy Braithwaite has accepted the position of ramming and bursting sales manager for HammerHead Trenchless Equipment in its new eastern Canada regional...
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Can Worker Camps Reduce Alcohol and Substance Abuse?
Alcohol and substance abuse costs the Canadian economy $24.3 billion per year in lost productivity and about 10 times that in the...
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Stake Your Turf: How To Define Service Areas
Successful portable restroom operators and liquid waste professionals reach a point where they need to decide how far to extend their service...
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Training The Tourists
For about two decades, Rob Davis has been talking about septic systems to “cottagers,” the Canadian term for people with seasonal vacation...
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Canadian Business Owner Converts Dairy Farm to Diversified Wastewater Service Provider
Constantly eyeing industry technology advances and government regulation of liquid waste haulers, Francis Overmars has transformed a small Canadian dairy heifer farming...
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Canadian Company Extracts Heat From Raw Sewage
International Wastewater Systems of Burnaby, British Columbia, is putting its own twist on the recovery of heat from sewage and wastewater. The...
















