Skip to main content

Salt Lake County

Hydro Excavation, Hydro Jetting and CCTV Pipe Inspection in Salt Lake County, Utah

Delta Hydro Excavation provides hydro excavation, hydro jetting, and CCTV pipe inspection throughout Salt Lake County from its base at 505 North Main in North Salt Lake, just north of the county line. Crews run 12-yard hydrovac trucks at 3,000–4,000 PSI and 4K lateral-launch cameras for contractors, municipalities, utilities, and civil engineers.

What hydro excavation projects are most common in Salt Lake County?

The most common Salt Lake County jobs are utility potholing ahead of directional bores, daylighting gas, water, and fiber lines in crowded street corridors, slot trenching, and jetting and CCTV inspection of aging sewer and storm lines.

Salt Lake County has the densest buried infrastructure in Utah, and records on older lines often don't match what is in the ground. Typical requests include:

  • Potholing to confirm utility depth and position before horizontal directional drilling
  • Daylighting utilities for tie-ins, repairs, and redevelopment
  • Slot trenching where a full-size excavator cannot work safely
  • Hydro jetting and CCTV inspection of sewer and storm lines before rehabilitation or acceptance

What permits and utility rules apply to excavation in Salt Lake County?

Every dig starts with a Blue Stakes of Utah (811) ticket at least two business days ahead, and work in a public right-of-way needs a permit from whichever agency owns the road: the city, Salt Lake County, or UDOT.

  • Unincorporated county right-of-way: Salt Lake County's Engineering Division issues excavation permits. It requires 48 hours' notice, an excavation bond on file (currently a $10,000 minimum guaranteeing the site for three years), and $1,000,000 in liability insurance naming the county.
  • Salt Lake City: Work in the public way requires a public way permit from Salt Lake City Engineering. The assigned inspector must be contacted 24 hours before work. The city also publishes a yearly notice of excavation restrictions for streets scheduled for construction.
  • Other cities: West Valley City, Sandy, Murray, and the county's other cities issue their own right-of-way permits.
  • State routes: Digging or traffic control in UDOT right-of-way requires a UDOT encroachment permit. Delta is a UDOT Masterworks Registered Vendor.
  • Tolerance zone: Within 24 inches of a marked facility, Utah law requires hand digging or a soft excavation method such as hydro excavation.

Which Salt Lake County cities does Delta serve?

Delta serves every city in Salt Lake County, with the most frequent work in Salt Lake City, West Valley City, and Sandy.

Salt Lake City

Downtown and the older neighborhoods have decades of layered utilities in narrow corridors. Delta potholes and daylights lines for redevelopment, fiber, and street reconstruction crews working under Salt Lake City public way permits.

West Valley City

Utah's second-largest city combines wide arterials with large industrial and distribution sites. Delta supports site contractors and utilities there with potholing, slot trenching, and storm and sewer line jetting.

Sandy

Sandy's established neighborhoods and commercial corridors have sewer and storm lines reaching the age where inspection pays off. Delta provides CCTV inspection, hydro jetting, and utility exposure for repair and redevelopment work.

Who is the Delta contact for Salt Lake County?

Call Delta Hydro Excavation at (801) 435-3203 ext. 1501. Salt Lake County jobs dispatch from 505 North Main, North Salt Lake, UT 84054.