When the problems reached an intolerable stage in the piping system the only usual solution considered was to dig up the existing piping, throw it away and replace it. Today, for many systems, if the piping remains adequately sized and can function as required, replacing pipe whose only sin is that it is "dirty", is neither a reasonable nor an economically sensible solution.
Cleaning pipe today can be done quickly, with a minimal or no consequential disruption of its normal service and at a cost that is substantially lower than most other rehabilitative methods. Miles of pipe can be done in an eight-hour span with pressures maintained well within the safe or tolerable range.
With federal and state standards now becoming more stringent and exacting with a corresponding increase in enforcement of these standards and regulations, properly functioning piping systems can no longer be considered as an operational luxury.
At least up to now, no one has ever asked us to check out a system that was functioning without problems or difficulties! We always get the other kind.
What this has done is make us experts in the recognition and diagnosis of the many types of problems that have and can continue to develop within a piping system. Perhaps the best part of these skills is that our experience allows us to propose practical and pragmatic solutions to piping system problems with a minimum of system disruption, piping modifications and the costs associated with these activities. We can also closely and carefully coordinate our input with the systems engineers and supervisory personnel.
