Cowart Industrial's hydro excavating service uses high-pressure water and simultaneous vacuum recovery to excavate soil without striking buried utilities. The water jet cuts and slurries the soil; the vacuum hose lifts the slurry into an onboard debris tank. The result is a clean, precisely shaped hole with zero contact between the digging tool and any pipe, cable, or conduit in the ground — the safest dig method available.
Common applications include utility locating and daylighting (exposing existing pipes and cables before adjacent work), potholing for engineering survey, trenching for new utility installation, slot trenching for fiber and gas, post-hole excavation, and emergency exposure during utility strikes. We work with general contractors, utility companies, engineering firms, and municipalities across the Southeast.
Hydro excavation pairs naturally with the rest of our vacuum truck fleet — the same trucks that can excavate can also vacuum sludge, transport liquid waste, and dispose of the spoil at our own treatment plant or a permitted facility. End-to-end under one DOT number, one dispatch, one phone call.