Why Charleston first?
It is the state's capital and largest sewer system, with hill and river-valley neighborhoods.
Hillside clay laterals under oaks and maples are the usual job.
Charleston and the Kanawha Valley
The East End, South Hills and Kanawha City.
Local page: Charleston. Crews also take calls from South Charleston, Dunbar, Nitro, St. Albans and Cross Lanes.
Elsewhere in West Virginia
Huntington, Morgantown and Wheeling run separate systems.
Calls from those cities, and from anywhere else in West Virginia, are answered at any hour.
What causes West Virginia sewer backups?
Roots, hillside shifting and heavy rain. The state's wet, steep ground tests old pipe.
Creeping slopes offset clay joints, oak roots follow, and valley storms overload combined sewers. Whichever it is, the options are sewer line jetting, tree root removal, commercial grease line jetting, and sewer camera inspection. More states are on the areas we serve page.