Most people understand home utilities cover everything from plumbing to heating, but “wet” utility contractors have specialties other contractors aren’t qualified to handle. Weddle Enterprises is an excavation and demolition services company in Somerset, KY, that offers all kinds of utility site work. Here, they describe exactly what a wet utility contractor is and what they do.

Wet utility contracting is any utility work involving water, sewer, or drainage pipes – in other words, it revolves around systems that move, drain, or contain water. This includes work from trench digging and pipe maintenance to pipe repair and installation of new sewer lines.

What Makes Wet Utility Contractors Unique?

To be qualified for wet utility work, contractors need specialized training because they often deal with infrastructure connected to a public utility system. Land clearing and excavation sites may overlap with fuel lines, buried wires, or other hazards. Mistakes from poorly trained workers could lead to environmental damage as well as dangers to neighboring homes and businesses. Wet utility workers also need to know how to fill in and restore excavated areas, so they need to be effective earthwork contractors to restore the workspace back to its original appearance.

Wet utility contractors use maps of existing underground structures to do their work without doing damage. This requires an advanced level of engineering knowledge and careful, precise planning, which is why they require even more training than contractors who deal with only dry utilities.

For an expert team of wet utility contractors with the best training and safety record in the area, call Weddle Enterprises at (606) 678-4057. Their 40-plus years of experience make them a trusted local resource for jobs of any size. Follow them on Facebook for photos of their work, or visit their website to read about their wet utility specialties.