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When locating utilities under a street, there’s the hard way, and there’s the easy way. The hard way of potholing for a horizontal directional drilling job is to saw cut and then dig with an excavator. The easy way is known as core drilling. A crew uses a vacuum...

<p>CALGARY, - Pure Technologies Ltd. announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Wachs Valve and Hydrant Services, LLC ("Wachs Water"), a leading provider of flow control maintenance and support, leak detection, and related asset...

Cities all over the country are challenged with maintaining adequate water supplies to meet the demands of their customer base. Facing new water quality regulations that limited production from existing water wells, Marshall Municipal Utilities (MMU) in southwestern...

May 4, 2015 – LAKE MILLS, Wisc.– Whether inspecting pipe laterals for cleaning, repair or inspection, plumbing specialists now have a one-touch lateral camera system that supports a wide range of pipe sizes with a highly durable yet comparatively inexpensive...

NASTT turns 25 in 2015! What was happening 25 years ago? From May 2-4, the first talks between the government of South Africa and the African National Congress took place. On May 4, Latvia declared independence from the Soviet Union. ON May 5, Craig Perret aboard...

In water and wastewater systems, an "asset" is a component of a facility with an independent physical and functional identity and age (e.g., pump, motor, sedimentation tank, main). The renewal and replacement of the assets that make up our nation's water...

Rainfall-derived infiltration and inflow (RDII) is the increased portion of water flow in a sanitary sewer system that occurs during and after a rainfall as a source of operating problems in sanitary sewer systems. RDII is the main cause of sanitary sewer overflows...

Perma-Liner Industries is celebrating the Grand Opening of their Illinois Distribution Facility. Check out some of the features that will be available at our one-day event on May 20th 2015: Live Demonstrations: Perma-Main™ Continuous Lining Top Gun,...

Long Beach CA – National Plant Services, Inc., a  progressive company providing sewer cleaning services throughout California and adjacent states,  has two new mobile water jet sewer cleaning systems that use water reclamation technology to capture, filter, and reuse...

Long Beach CA – National Plant Services, Inc., a  progressive company providing sewer cleaning services throughout California and adjacent states,  has two new mobile water jet sewer cleaning systems that use water reclamation technology to capture, filter, and reuse...