Vacuum Digging and Gross Pollutant Traps That Leave You Cleaner Workspaces Using Industry’s Best Practices

 Vacuum digging, also known a hydro excavation or non-destructive digging, is the process of combining high-pressure water with an air vacuum to remove mud, dirt and slurry from a site without causing any harm to subsurface utilities such as electrical and fibre cables, gas and water pipes, fixtures, and sewer pipelines. Vacuum digging uses a high-pressure jet of water to cut and break soil. The slurry is then removed using an air vacuum by a vacuum digging services provider.

A positive displacement blower or a fan system is used to create a vacuum source for vacuum digging. When compared to the positive displacement blower, the fan system is easier to use and less expensive. The fan system allows for faster excavations and is lighter as well, but it is ineffective at greater depths. To create effective airflow for vacuum digging, vacuum excavators use twin or triple air vehicle fans. Positive displacement blowers are preferred for vacuum digging at greater depths. The liquid waste produced by the hydro excavation is sucked into the truck and typically processed at a soil transfer or disposal plant. In Australia, hydro excavation is preferred for vacuum digging where underground utilities must be protected during excavation so that your facility or building remains operational during vacuum digging.

Keeping your underground utilities functional

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services (AHS) uses advanced vacuum digging techniques that significantly reduce the risk of striking, leaking, damaging, or breaking utilities, which is common with traditional manual digging methods that utilise shovels and excavators. By removing all of these issues, Aussie Hydro-Vac Services ensures that the cost of your vacuum digging is greatly reduced for you, and that downtime for your facility is reduced or eliminated entirely because your underground utilities remain operational. The vacuum digging method used by Aussie Hydro-Vac Services is much safer because the process is controlled by the operators. You will have cleaner workspaces because the company's suction device used in vacuum digging stores the excavated slurry, mud, dirt, and debris within the storage unit.

No harmful effect on the environment

The vacuum digging practices of Aussie Hydro-Vac Services make use of internally accredited quality, safety, and environmental management systems, allowing their crew to provide you with a high standard of vacuum digging operations. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services has a variety of vehicles that can trench and excavate safely around existing services such as cables and pipes. As vacuum digging method used by Aussie Hydro-Vac Services does not involve the use of any harmful chemicals, making the whole process environment-friendly. The vehicles used by the company for vacuum digging are equipped with some of the industry’s best features and tools, such as sound reduction technology. So, there will be minimum noise, and the whole process will be completed without causing much nuisance to your staff and people around.

Utility and gross pollutant traps (GPTs)

Gross pollutant traps (GPT) trap solid waste such as litter and coarse sediments using physical processes. These are commonly used as primary treatment to remove large, non-biodegradable pollutants, typically larger than 5 mm in size, from the water system. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services installs gross pollutant traps to catch stormwater pollution before it enters the waterway. It acts as a filter, retaining litter while allowing water to pass through. The use of gross pollutant traps as a pre-treatment for stormwater harvesting systems is also possible.

Gross pollutant traps make downstream stormwater treatment simple by removing large pollutants. The benefit of using gross pollutant traps is that they have a small lateral footprint and are hidden from view, giving your facility a cleaner appearance. Gross pollutant traps, on the other hand, provide limited removal of fine sediments and must be cleaned on a regular basis.

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services is well-versed in gross pollutant traps, and their crew ensures that all GPT units are cleaned in accordance with supplier recommendations and using current industry best practices. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services provides services to all types of gross pollutant traps in a variety of settings, including restaurants, shopping malls, mills, airports, tunnels, and council contracts.

Advanced non-destructive digging solutions

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services also offers non-destructive digging solutions to industries such as drain and culvert cleaning, liquid and solid waste disposal, vacuum loading, industrial cleaning and shutdown, road sweeping, and more. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services' technical services include cable and pipe location, geotech and pavement investigation, CCTV inspection, surveying services, and more. Hydro excavation, gross pollutant tarp, vacuum digging, and other non-destructive digging services are offered to businesses, industries, and residents throughout Queensland and New South Wales. Please contact Aussie Hydro-Vac Services customer service for information on other regions.