hydraulic PIGGING & testing

Montauk Services is one of North America's most experienced pipeline pigging and integrity testing companies. Pigging effectively cleans and removes debris from the interior of pipelines using a foam device propelled by normal flow. The technique is especially effective for force main & wastewater management, long runs and larger diameter pipelines; the method is also used to remove zebra and quagga mussels from intake lines. Pipeline pigs have the ability to navigate short radius elbows, tees, and most types of valves. For over 37 years, Montauk Services has been trusted by both public and private sector clients to assess issues and safely solve them quickly and economically. In most cases, cleaning pigs restore pipelines to near original conditions and flow rates.

pipeline integrity

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smart tools for integrity

integrity inspections

Municipalities with aging infrastructure are smart to proactively evaluate the integrity of pressure lines before costly failures happen. Montauk technicians are experienced at running integrity inspections that diagnose problems and anomalies. Smart pigs such as the SmartFoam Tools avoid the disruption and high cost of conventional in-line inspection. The embedded sensors gather data about pipeline wall conditions and anomalies in steel, cast iron, and ductile iron piping.

NEW: SmartFoam Tools

This specialized SmartFoam Tool is ideal for cost effective, free flowing integrity inspections. The smart pig determines wall degradation in cast iron, ductile, and steel mains. The SmartFoam Tool has the same characteristics as the foam poly pig. It can run long lengths of pipe, navigate T’s and elbows (up to 1.5’ diameter) and be retrieved in an excavation or terminus manhole. It has 18 electromagnetic sensors that continuously monitor and collect data.

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smartfoam tool

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Pig Entering Launcher

60” Raw Water Intake Pipeline

WATER MAINS

• Raw and Finished Water Transmission

• Large Diameter Intakes

• Hyper Flush Technology & Chlorination

• Distribution

• Well Lines

• integrity Testing

• Quagga and zebra mussel removal

“The city anticipates energy savings from pumping costs using the pigging methodology. Excessive intake head-losses have been alleviated, thus increasing production capacity.”
— Water Plant Manager, City of Toronto

WASTEWATER

• Force Mains

• Sludge Lines

• Large Diameter Outfalls

• WWTP Piping

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10" Force main retrieval at a terminus man hole

 

smART pig tracking

Pig tracking is essential to any pigging operation. It allows Montauk's technicians to verify speed, location and retrieval time which is important in all systems. Transmitters and receivers are utilized from Pipeline Inspection, Comtel and Envirocal. On longer runs, specialized above ground markers will indicate pig passage time and GPS location. The information is processed through iridium satellites and relayed to technicians via smart devices.

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Tracking pig location from beach for 60" raw water intake

WHY CHOOSE us?

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institutional knowledge

Municipalities of all sizes have relied on Rex Murphey & Montauk for over 37 years

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TRACK RECORD

Over 2M feet of pipeline has been pigged and restored near the original condition.

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superior service

Count on Montauk to assess the issues, determine the best solutions and respond to your needs.

“We recommend Rex Murphey and Montauk Services to any project of any size needing a pipe cleaning/maintenance solution. Our system runs perfectly now.”
— Water/Sewer Superintendent, Towns of Plainville & Dickenson

IN THE NEWS

 

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Montauk Services Introduces SmartFoam Tools for Integrity Analysis

Montauk Services is one of North America's most experienced pigging and testing companies. They are pioneers in the pigging of water and force mains for over 37 years. Montauk has heard continual requests by Engineers and Municipalities for a free flowing pig that could determine wall degradation in cast iron ductile and steel mains.

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Pigging Restores Intake Flow Capacity Fouled by Quagga Mussels

During the fall of 2018, the City of Toronto initiated a project to clean all three (3) sixty-inch diameter HDPE raw water intakes at the Island Water Treatment Plant, restore intake flow to its original design specification, and reduce plant operating costs. The Island WTP is vital to the City of Toronto.

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HYDRAULIC PIGGING FOR WATER FLOW

The Island Water Treatment Plant (WTP) is vital to the city of Toronto as the sole source for year-round deep lake cooling water. During the fall of 2018, the city of Toronto initiated a project to clean all three 60-in. HDPE deep water intakes at the Island WTP, restore flow capacity to its original design specification, and reduce plant operating costs.

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Hydraulic Pigs Clear Quagga Mussels from Lake Ontario Intake Pipelines

Hydraulic pipe pigging was utilized by Montauk Services during a recent project in Canada to clean invasive quagga mussels from three large-diameter freshwater intake pipelines. The deep-water intakes, each more than 3 miles long, bring water from Lake Ontario into the Island Water Treatment Plant owned by the city of Toronto.

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Pigging Restores Intake Flow Capacity Fouled by Quagga Mussels

In 2018, the City of Toronto initiated a project with Montauk Services to clean three sixty-inch diameter HDPE raw water intakes at the Island Water Treatment Plant, restore intake flow to its original design specification, and reduce plant operating costs.

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