Municipal & Public Works Sewer Contractor
Public sewer work demands a contractor who can meet prevailing-wage requirements, documentation standards, and tight project windows. The Otter Squad holds the C-42 Sanitation System license and is a UA-signatory union shop — built for public and municipal sewer projects, with the documentation public agencies require for prequalification. Licensed CSLB #1053855, C-36 and C-42, available 24/7 at (925) 397-2271. Clear Lines or You Don't Pay a Dime.
The Otter Squad Guarantee
Clear Lines or You Don't Pay a Dime. If we can't clear your blocked line using our standard drain clearing procedure, you don't pay for the attempt.
Municipal & Public Works Capabilities:
- Municipal Sewer Work
- Public & Private Sewer Mains
- Sewer Laterals & Tie-ins
- Manhole Installation & Repair
- Trenchless Municipal Sewer Work
- Prevailing-Wage Union Crews
When to Call Us for Municipal Sewer Work
Public and municipal sewer projects have documentation, wage, and scheduling requirements that not every contractor can meet. These are the situations we are built for.
- A public works bid or prequalification that requires a C-42 sanitation system licensee.
- A prevailing-wage project that needs UA-signatory, documented union labor.
- A sewer main, lateral, or manhole project for a city, sanitary district, or public agency.
- A main-to-lateral tie-in or trenchless rehabilitation of an aging municipal main.
- A project that requires coordination with inspectors, encroachment permits, and traffic control.
- An emergency municipal sewer failure that cannot wait for business hours.
How a Municipal Sewer Project Runs
Public work runs on documentation, wage standards, and schedule. We are built for all three.
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Prequal and bid.
We provide the documentation public agencies require for prequalification — licenses, bonding, prevailing-wage capability, and project history — and bid the scope.
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Camera and document.
We camera the main or lateral, document the condition, and confirm the method — open-cut, pipe bursting, or CIPP lining — the line actually needs.
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Permits and coordination.
We pull the permits, coordinate encroachment and traffic control, and schedule around the agency's windows.
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Execute with union crews.
We execute the work with UA-signatory, prevailing-wage crews, on the schedule the agency requires.
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Final camera and sign-off.
We run the final camera so the agency sees the finished line clear end to end, and coordinate the jurisdiction inspection under the permit.
What Affects the Cost of Municipal Sewer Work
Municipal sewer work is bid per project. What we promise is a documented bid before any work begins. These are the factors that move the number.
- •Scope of the work — a main, a lateral, a manhole, a tie-in, or a trenchless rehabilitation.
- •Length and depth of the run, and the pipe diameter.
- •The method the camera supports — open-cut, pipe bursting, or CIPP lining.
- •Prevailing-wage labor requirements for the public agency.
- •Encroachment permits, traffic control, and coordination with adjacent trades.
- •Permit and inspection fees for the governing agency or district.
From Mains to Laterals
We work the full public sewer path — from the main in the street to the lateral at the property line — and the trenchless methods that keep a street open.
Municipal work spans the public main, the sewer lateral at the property line, and the tie-in between them — and we hold the C-42 license to work all of it. For aging mains, our CIPP lining and trenchless capabilities rehabilitate the line without opening the whole street, and our commercial sewer division covers the private-side work that often accompanies a public project.
Alfredo Ortiz
Owner, The Otter Squad · C-36 & C-42 #1053855
I am Alfredo Ortiz, and I have spent more than 30 years in sewer and drain lines. The Otter Squad is my family's company, Latino-owned, licensed under CSLB #1053855 for C-36 plumbing and C-42 sanitation, and staffed by union, UA-trained crews. Public work runs on documentation, wage standards, and schedule — and because we are UA-signatory, we are built to meet a public agency's prevailing-wage standard. We camera the line, document it, and put the method and price in writing. Call me any time, day or night, at (925) 397-2271.
Alfredo Ortiz · Owner, The Otter Squad · C-36 & C-42 #1053855 · 30+ years in the trade
How we work
Diagnose first
We find the real problem before we quote, so the fix matches what is actually wrong, not a guess.
Explain clearly
We show you what we found in plain language, with photos or camera footage.
Honest options
Real choices and upfront pricing, and we point you to the honest path, not the priciest one.
Done the right way
Tidy, licensed work, backed by the Otter Squad Guarantee.
Why Livermore chooses The Otter Squad
We're family-owned and Latino-owned, led by Alfredo Ortiz with 30+ years in the trade, fully licensed (C-36 & C-42 #1053855), bonded, and insured. We diagnose the real problem first, then give you honest options and upfront pricing before any work begins.
Every municipal sewer project is documented, prevailing-wage capable, and backed by the Otter Squad Guarantee: Clear Lines or You Don't Pay a Dime.
Request Municipal Bid / Prequal
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