Getting to the Root of the Problem

摘要

Those beautiful trees that dot the landscape of your city or town, while visually pleasing aboveground, hold an ugly secret below the surface.A tangled mess of roots is invading the sewer lines, creating pipe blockages and causing possible structural damage to the pipe itself - resulting in costly repairs if left unfettered. The U.S. EPA has estimated that 43 percent of sanitary sewer overflows are caused by pipe blockages and about half of those blockages are a result of tree root intrusion. With the use of video inspection, municipalities can learn the nature and extent of anv blockage.