Small Municipalities Can Benefit From Equipment Rental and In-House Labor

A Pennsylvania township’s affordable DIY culture is inspiring other small communities.

Small Municipalities Can Benefit From Equipment Rental and In-House Labor

Anthony Caroline (left) and Dane Rose, use a Vactor jet-vac truck to clear a sewer line before running a camera to inspect.

Penn Township in Pennsylvania was established in 1855 and its sewage authority 100 years later. Today, with the oldest of the sewage authority’s existing pipe dating back 50-plus years, much of the stock needs updating. Stanley Caroline, authority manager, has a plan on how to accomplish the task. It’s called do it yourself.

Perhaps never has DIY been advocated so strongly by a sewer official as it is by Caroline.

“I went to the board in 2012 and said I would like to...

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