Sewer Vacuum & Flushing, Products & Services
May 26 2020
See how Airvac provided solutions to overcome diverse geography and difficult terrain for this historic and tourist village!
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Mar 25 2020
As the toilet paper shortage continues, people are turning to alternative options, including disposable wipes, for bathroom needs, reported a…
Sep 23 2019
The Airvac Vacuum Sewer System is a cost-effective, environmentally friendly alternative to traditional gravity sewers and septic systems. Because…
Apr 4 2019
Transforming the dirty water flushed down the drain into new products, such as clean energy and fertilizers, can help prevent reservoirs from running…
Apr 2 2019
The future of water is quite daunting. Based on current consumption rates, in just six years, two-thirds of the world’s population may face water…
Apr 2 2019
Engineers have used deep tunnel storage facilities and associated dewatering pump stations for addressing combined sewer (CSO) and sanitary sewer…
Mar 27 2019
In Mount Pleasant, S.C., an effort to extend sewer lines to houses with failing septic systems in one community remains unresolved despite statements…
Mar 13 2019
A man in New Castle, Ind., thought the city would foot the bill after a sewer line backup into his elderly mother’s basement, however, he instead…
Feb 22 2019
In Boonville, Miss., the City Council approved buying a new jetter/vacuum for sewer cleaning. According to Boonville Daily News, the city has been…
Feb 21 2019
In New York City, the cost of removing fatberg debris has more than doubled since 2007, according to Edward Timbers, the director of communications…
Jan 17 2019
Last month in Atlanta, Ga., non-stop rains had overcome the sanitation system along Mount Olive Drive and the backup began to seep into homes in the…
Jan 9 2019
With growing concern over natural resource consumption, climate change has led to an initiative to eliminate the negative environmental impacts…
Jan 9 2019
In the past decade, promulgation of the U.S. EPA’s Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule has caused many water utilities and…
Jan 8 2019
In England, a giant fatberg has been found blocking a sewer in a seaside town. According to BBC News, the fatberg is 210 ft long. The fatberg, made…
Dec 27 2018
In Lake Station, Ind., residents have noticed brown-tinted waters. According to CBS Chicago, officials say it is supposedly safe to drink. A supposed…
Dec 20 2018
The Hawaii State Department of Health’s Clean Water Branch (DOH) is fining Hu Honua Bioenergy $25,000 for discharging industrial wastewater into the…
Dec 10 2018
In Montezuma County, Colo., a gas well spilled about 3,150 gal of wastewater onto the ground at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Oct…
Dec 3 2018
The main lift station serving the wastewater treatment plant in Morgan’s Point, Texas, experienced problems with its three standard non-clog pumps.…
Nov 14 2018
Wet wipes being sold as “flushable” in the United Kingdom have failed the water industry’s disintegration tests so far, according to BBC News.
The…
Nov 2 2018
The black liquor recovery boiler is an economic component of the pulping process used in pulp and paper applications to reclaim pulping chemicals.…
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