Hooked up new customer supplied water heater with customer supplied parts. Drain pan for water heater with pipe and fittings. Building 10 unit 7903. Kitchen stoppage. Auger from cleanout, sink was full of plaster and paint. Auger with 5/8 cable 50' several times and was only able to open partially. Camera inspected and found direct plaster in the pipe. Recommend pressure jetting to properly clear the line.

Company trouble shoot. Water closet is not draining. tried to auger and could not clean, pulled water closet and found roots going through pipe between flange and pipe. Hydro jet complete line with chain suter descaler. Cutting roots in small section and removing by suction 4' section of rows blocking complete pipe was remolded by running jetter through cleanout and bend . Also used retriever hand on cable machine. Replace flange water/closet and tank to bowl kit. Bolts recaulked w/c. Hydro jet complete building to end. Ran camera for video inspection, line is perfect. Septic pump out. 1 full load, pulled out lift station and dump the load in the lift station down the road. Cleared mainline stoppage through outside cleanout.

Main line blockage. Sewer replacement ASAP. Camera inspected main line. Located bad spot in pipe. Approximately 100 feet of pipe, found a belly at 90' holding water. must replace sewer behind building 2006. 1 new toilet, new wax ring, bolt and grout. Dispose of old toilet. Repair 1" water service. High pressure drain cleaning restoration. Jet out main line from roof vent stack out into septic tank. Guest toilet valve is leaking badly, Shut down whole complex and was unable to find valve for unit. Installed new angle stop with a supply line. High pressure drain cleaning restoration. Jetted out lift station with harbon jetter cleared stoppage full of grease, condoms, tampons and numerous other nasties, 3000 psi to 4200 psi. Septic Pump out. Drainfield is failing.

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Agency To Store More Water
Swiftmud Agency to Store More Water: the executive order, effective through Sept. 30, allows the utility to take up to 19 percent of the flow of the river for drinking water. The utility's permit allows it to withdraw 10 percent of the river's flow during the wet season when the river is running at least 124 cubic feet per second. Swiftmud spokeswoman Robyn Felix said district studies show no adverse effects to the river because of the temporary higher withdrawals. Alison Adams, senior manager for Tampa Bay Water, said withdrawals from the river have been up and down since they began July 18. Since that time, she said, the river's flows have been declining.

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Raytheon to begin clean-up of contaminated groundwater
ST. PETERSBURG (Bay News 9) -- Raytheon announced plans to start cleaning up groundwater contamination in St. Petersburg within 90 days. According to, the St. Petersburg Times, the announcement is the first step towards remedying the underground contamination in the Azalea neighborhood. Raytheon officials also said that samples taken from the ground surrounding Azalea Elementary School show no pollution. The company said it plans to pump out the contaminated water and then treat it before sending it to a sewage plant, a process known as "pump-and-treat." The Environmental Protection Agency said this process has been used to treat hundreds of Superfund sites. Officials said the clean-up could take up to five years to complete.

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New Toilet Takes on No. 2
CITRUS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A local inventor has made a new toilet designed to take the stench out of "John." Inventor Robert Smith says a trip to bathroom led him to spend several years, countless hours and thousands of dollars on his invention. "I decided to go wash up, walked into a bathroom and somebody literally annihilated the bathroom," Smith said. The VIP Odorless Toilet installs the same as most standard toilets. Smith's patented odor removal system fits in the back of the toilet, and operates on 12 volts. "We tried to simplify it, not too many moving parts, something that's easily rebuildable, something that has longevity and quality," Smith said. It's a simple concept. Before No. 2, the user lifts up on the handle that activates a small fan that begins to suck the stink directly into the sewer line through several holes in the bowl. The fan shuts off when the user flushes. Smith says users don't have to worry about germs or bacteria being spread because they're actually sucked down with the gas. Phil Nichols had one of the first VIP Odorless Toilets installed into his lumber companies bathroom. Nichols says he was skeptical at first. "We tried it and of course nobody wanted to be the first one to admit it -- wasn't me by the way -- but the feedback was good that it was doing its job," Nichols said. The VIP Odorless Toilet has just hit the market, but right now you can only buy it from the inventor.