09/15/2026
🚧 A quick response, using today’s technology, helped prevent a much larger problem in the Argentine community.
After residents noticed a sinkhole and reported it, our KCKES team sent a robotic CCTV camera underground to inspect the sewer line. The inspection revealed a defective pipe joint that was allowing infiltration and causing a void to form between the sewer pipe and the street surface.
Instead of closing the road and excavating the entire area, our skilled staff installed a point patch repair. Think of it like a stent used to reopen and reinforce a human artery. The flexible repair material is pulled through the sewer pipe to the damaged location, inflated, and cured in place, creating a strong new section inside the existing pipe.
This is not a temporary fix. Once cured in place, the point patch creates a permanent repair that seals the defective joint, helps prevent further infiltration, and extends the service life of the existing sewer pipe. By reinforcing the damaged section from within, this technology allows the pipe to continue serving the community for many years without requiring full replacement.
This technology saves significant time and cost while reducing disruption to the community. It also avoids cutting up the street, removing curbs, closing the roadway, and potentially disturbing other underground infrastructure.
The final steps are filling the cavity beneath the surface and completing the concrete repair for a smooth roadway.
Thank you to the Argentine residents who noticed the problem and reported it. Community awareness, modern technology, and skilled employees working together helped us address this issue before it became a much larger failure.
