Sewer Vacuum & Flushing, Products & Services
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.…
Nov 2 2018
The Philadelphia Energy Authority have announced a new partnership with American Water Resources (AWR). According to The Philadelphia Tribune, the…
Oct 17 2018
The Charleston (S.C.) Water System sent scuba divers down approximately 90 ft into raw sewage to pull out wipes that clogged the system. The…
Oct 3 2018
Public works is a practical endeavor. It involves supplying basic needs—water, roads, sewers, etc.—to citizens in the most efficient and reliable…
Sep 24 2018
Hurricanes create serious problems for public works officials—mass evacuations, high winds, flooding, the loss of utilities and damage to public…
Sep 10 2018
Florida is booming. Unemployment is down, real estate values are up and the population is growing … fast. There are now 21 million Floridians. Since…
Aug 31 2018
Airvac offers three versions of a packaged vacuum (PacVac) station that includes not only the same vacuum station components as its custom-engineered…
Apr 25 2018
This detailed video shows how the Airvac vacuum sewer system works.
Apr 11 2018
This is a comparison of an Airvac vacuum sewer system and a gravity sewer system in Alloway, N.J.
Mar 28 2018
This video shows the use of an Airvac vacuum sewer system in Albuquerque, N.M.
Mar 14 2018
This video shows the use of an Airvac vacuum sewer system in Bay Creek, Va.
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