Montauk Services Inc

A PIG GOT STUCK!! Last week on a job pigging and hydrostaically testing newly installed force mains a pig got stuck. Most people don’t realize that even in new force mains obstructions can exist. Our team easily located the pig (we use transmitters in the cavity) and cut into the pipe to investigate. What we found is VERY COMMON in new pipes (see earlier posts), large ROCKS that get left in the pipe by the GC who installed it. It’s jobs like these that highlight the importance of pigging and hydrostatically testing all new force mains! #pipelinemanagement #wastewater #pigging

One easy and cost effective way to know if you have any leaks in your force main is to perform a hydrostatic test! American Pipeline Solutions has been on site for a client in upstate New York for the past few weeks pigging (cleaning) and hydrostatically testing multiple force mains. Today the team is wrapping up a test on 8,800ft of 16” HDPE, then we will pig it clean and move onto the next!

Are you in the Southeast and interested in seeing ice pigging in action?! Come watch us! Contact Paul Treloar to arrange a site visit. #waterquality #infrastructuremanagement #icepigging

Our conventional pigging team saw some great results cleaning a raw water main in Walpole MA!! Thanks Stephen Nunnery for the great post and pictures!!

As summer continues to heat up, and water supplies go down, it’s important to know there are still effective pipeline cleaning options! #pipelinemanagement #icepigging #aps

Our ice pigging team was brought into a town north of Los Angeles to clean 2.5 miles of 8” PVC. Amazingly, despite the 65 degree water temperature inside the pipe, our ice slurry stayed intact all the way to the end! #waterinfrastructure #aps #icepigging

Force main inspections are imperative to ensuring the integrity and remaining useful life of the pipeline. Many municipalities we speak with are not aware of the alternatives to CCTV inspections that are currently available in the market place. One such tool is the SmartFoam from i2i Pipelines. This is the tool of choice for companies like Chevron, BP and Exxon, when inspecting their pipelines on a regular basis. American Pipeline Solutions partnered with i2i to bring this inspection technology to the water and wastewater industry and we have had tremendous success, such as with this force main in Arizona. #pipelinemanagement #pigging #smartfoam

Always exciting when our team makes the evening news!! American Pipeline Solutions is in the city of Valley, Nebraska, this week, cleaning 4” & 6” cast iron water mains, which were experiencing heavy manganese. #waterinfrastructure #icepigging #aps https://lnkd.in/eHikqRpB

Last year, a general contractor client experienced water and dirt infiltration inside a newly installed ductile iron pipe that goes underneath a major highway in central Virginia. The American Pipeline Solutions team is on-site this week cleaning (foam pigging), hydrostatically testing, flushing, and disinfecting 550 LF of 16" and 12” to have the line back up and running by end of week. #pipelinemanagement #pigging

1220ft of 6” potable water that served a food manufacturer in North Carolina. The shut down window was extremely tight, which made ice pigging the ideal solution to clean the line! #pipelinemanagement #pigging #icepigging