As an experienced underground contractor of wet and dry utilities, the parent company Roberts Engineering, realized the necessity for pipeline maintenance and began offering sewer and pipe cleaning services in conjunction with its already established operations. As a result of this successful venture, DownStream Services, Inc. was founded in 2002. Today, DownStream Services, Inc. continually strives to provide alternative solutions for all phases of pipeline maintenance and rehabilitation. From mechanical bucket machines to high-pressure combination Camel® trucks, DownStream Services, Inc. offers a wide variety of methods for pipe cleaning and waste disposal. DownStream Services, Inc. selects the preferred method of pipe cleaning based on the following variables:
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Project Footprint and Site Conditions |
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Quantity of Debris and Flow Levels |
Hydro-Jetting or High Pressure Sewer Jetting with Water and Vacuum Technology:
Hydro-jetting is a practice that relies on high pressure streams of water to convey and remove debris without impacting the environment. Manufactured by Super Products, DownStream Services, Inc. has incorporated seven Camel® hydro-jetting trucks into its fleet of company owned equipment. With trucks capabable of producing water pressures of 2500psi at 150gpm, DownStream Services, Inc.'s sewer jetter fleet combines both vacuum and water systems' technology for effective and efficient stormwater jetting and sewer cleaning. Equipped with both hydraulic and manual hoses, technicians have the flexibility of hydro-jetting up to 1,000 feet from one location. The Camel® features unique dewatering and compaction capabilities, increasing productivity, allowing dryer payloads, and lowering disposal costs. Utilizing a wide range of nozzles, proprietary attachments, and the ability to fabricate specialized tools, DownStream Services, Inc. has the versatility to clean sewer pipes, siphons, hydrodynamic separators, wet-wells, and catch basins with greater efficiency by hydro jetting.
Mechanical Bucket Sewer Cleaning with Sewer Cable Machines:
Solid debris frequently enters into storm water conveyance and collection systems by way of damaged or deteriorated manhole covers, joints, sewer pipes, and service connections. DownStream Services, Inc. is able to successfully removing silt, sand, gravel and rocks, and other solid waste from a sewer pipe by employing proprietary mechanical bucket sewer cleaning machines. DownStream Services, Inc. is capable of removing accumulated debris which cannot be effectively cleaned through traditional hydraulic methods. Typically, the sewer bucket cleaning machine's configuration is specific to each project. Tools used in tandem with the sewer cable machines can be fabricated specially for each project, including sewer cleaning buckets, sizing rings, rock rakes, and other specialty sewer cleaning apparatuses.
DownStream Services, Inc.'s equipment includes super duty sewer cable machines that can muscle 10,000-pounds of pull a distance of 400-feet. This method requires two sewer cleaning machines and through a system of cables and rollers, the sewer bucket is injected into the system with jaws open to grab and retrieve the accumulated debris. Once filled, the direction is reversed, closing the sewer bucket jaws by a mechanical action, and pulling the bucket and debris back to the operating access point. Mechanical bucket cleaning with sewer cable machines is particularly useful for sewer lines containing large debris that cannot be removed by conventional hydro-jetting (Sewer Jetting).
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