Drilling & boring
Sewer and water line boring in Georgia
Water and sewer are the lines Georgia cannot live without and the ones hardest to open-cut across a street. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. bores them underneath.
Serving all of Georgia
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Directional drilling and boring across Georgia; locates, bore plan and utility coordination handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Pipe under the road, not through it
A new water main across a state route, a service under a driveway, a force main under a creek, a sewer lateral under a downtown street: each is a bore. Pressure pipe goes in by directional drill, fused HDPE or fusible PVC pulled back through a reamed hole. Gravity sewer that must hold its slope goes in an auger-bored steel casing on grade. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. runs both for Georgia's water and sewer utilities, the authorities, the contractors building for them, and property owners with a line to replace.
Sewer and water work
- Water mains and reclaimed lines under highways, rail and rivers.
- Water services under driveways, streets and landscaping.
- Sewer force mains for lift stations and pressure systems.
- Sewer laterals and short gravity runs under streets and slabs.
- Cased gravity crossings under roads and tracks.
- Storm drain and culvert extensions under driveways and entrances.
Ground and water table
Georgia is three different drilling states stacked on top of each other. North of the Fall Line, which runs roughly Columbus to Macon to Augusta, the Piedmont puts red clay over saprolite over granite and gneiss, and the rock can sit a few feet down or forty. South of that line the Coastal Plain is sand, clay and marl with a high water table and almost no rock. In the northwest corner the ridges are limestone and shale, with the caves to prove it. The bit, the fluid and the production rate all change with the region, which is why the first question on any estimate is the address. South of the Fall Line the water table is close to the surface, which matters for pits and dewatering more than for the bore itself.
Permits
Right-of-way permits come from whoever owns the road: GDOT for state routes and interstates through its seven districts, the county public works department for county roads, the city for city streets, Norfolk Southern and CSX for rail crossings, the Corps of Engineers and Georgia EPD where a bore passes under a navigable river or a protected wetland, and the airport or base authority on federal ground. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. prepares the bore plan the permit asks for and files it.
Statewide
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Powder Springs, west of Atlanta, and runs the whole state. Metro Atlanta and the counties around it are home range with no mobilization fee; Columbus, Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Albany, Valdosta and everywhere between are a quoted mobilization and a crew that has already been there. Being the drilling company that actually picks up the phone and shows up is most of why the company works across Georgia. Davis Underground Solutions has the equipment list. Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Other drilling and boring services in Georgia
Directional Drilling Georgia
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD): a steered bore between two small pits that puts conduit, pipe and cable under roads, driveways, parking lots and landscaping with no open trench.
Horizontal Drilling Georgia
Horizontal drilling for any line that has to cross something it cannot cut through: a street, a slab, a canal, a stand of trees. Entry pit, exit pit, nothing opened in between.
Directional Boring Georgia
Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.
Underground Drilling Georgia
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling Georgia
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
Electrical Conduit Drilling Georgia
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Georgia
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Georgia
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Georgia
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Georgia
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring Georgia
Missile boring (pneumatic piercing) drives a steel mole through the soil for short, straight, shallow runs under a driveway or sidewalk: the quickest way to sleeve a lawn or a walk.
Auger Boring and Drilling Georgia
Cased auger bores for road, highway and railroad crossings and for gravity sewer that has to hold an exact grade: a straight steel casing jacked from a pit.
Questions about sewer, water and drain lines in Georgia
Can a sewer line be bored to grade?+
By auger-bored casing, yes, within gravity-sewer tolerance; pressure sewer and force mains go by directional bore.
Pipe materials?+
HDPE and fusible PVC for directional pulls, ductile iron or PVC inside a steel casing for cased crossings.
Can a failed water service be replaced without digging the driveway?+
Yes. A new service is bored beside the old one and connected at both ends.
Testing?+
Pressure testing and, for water, disinfection to the utility's standard are part of the scope when the owner wants them.
How do I get a price?+
Call (678) 264-3333 now or send the run through the form. Estimates are free.
Sewer, Water and Drain Lines by city in Georgia
Each community has its own page for this service. The crew, the method and the price are the same across the state; the page covers what is different about the ground and the permits there.
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Atlanta
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Augusta
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Columbus
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Macon
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Savannah
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Athens
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Sandy Springs
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Roswell
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Johns Creek
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Albany
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Warner Robins
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Alpharetta
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Marietta
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Valdosta
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Smyrna
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Dunwoody
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Rome
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Gainesville
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Peachtree City
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Dalton
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Statesboro
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Brunswick
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Lawrenceville
- Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Kennesaw