Sewer Cleaning: Train for Gain

For municipalities and contractors with heavy workloads cleaning sewer, storm and sanitary lines, the fastest route to getting the work done on-time and on-budget is often learning best practice techniques and equipment options, demonstrating them onsite, and then resolving specific problem areas in the field with expert guidance. Marty Tew, a Fayetteville PWC Water Resources Construction Field Supervisor, says that sewer cleaning techniques are passed down on the job from person to person, but seldom systematically taught. In their case, they always instructed that you go up toward the manhole and then start cleaning as you return. That is a misconception in the industry - one they lived with until they got expert training.