Sewage pipes
There are two reasons why sewer pipe cleaning is necessary for a reliable and efficient network:
First, fat, oil, and grease (FOGs) can build up inside industrial sewer pipes. This reduces the flow and will lead to increased biofilm build-up and potentially the hydrogen sulphide smell that consumers complain about.
Second, it makes sense to purge sewage pipes of sediment and debris as this will increase performance and the service life of pumps and valves as well as helping to save energy.
Ice pigging - SUEZ
Credit: SUEZ group
50
%
increase in flow seen on average by customers *
* Average flow increase of 50% on rising sewer operations
Sewer mains cleaning service
SUEZ offers an Ice Pigging™ service across the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe. Tankers of ice slurry are transported to a customers’ site to undertake one-off or periodic cleaning. This low-risk, no-dig process can be applied to a wide range of pipe systems in diverse industrial, water and wastewater applications.
“The success of this operation meant that the client was able to cancel an expensive capital project to replace the pipe, a saving of over £700,000.”Business Development Manager
“We were really pleased with the results of these operations; the flow increases at each site means that we no longer need to run tankers from these stations during bad weather. This technique has been useful at a number of our other sites”Wessex Water
