Hydro excavation · SF Bay Area & beyond
Non‑destructive
excavation.On site when you need it.
Pressurized water and vacuum trucks instead of backhoes. We expose buried utilities, cut precise trenches, and clear debris without utility strikes or slow hand digging.
- CSLB Lic. #1157874
- PG&E Gold Shovel
- Operating Engineers Local 3
- ISNetworld
01Below grade
Paint on the ground isn't proof
Daylighting exposes the actual pipe or conduit, its depth, and its position before any machine digs near it. Water and vacuum can't cut a gas line the way a bucket can.
How daylighting works- Electric
- Gas / oil
- Comms
- Water
- Sewer
02Services
What we dig
- 01
Daylighting / Potholing
Visually expose buried utilities before anyone digs, verifying depth and location ahead of boring or excavation.
- 02
Slot Trenching
Narrow, precise trenches for conduit, cable, and pipe, without over-excavating the site.
- 03
Utility Locating
Confirm exactly what's below before ground breaks. No guesswork, no strikes.
- 04
Debris Removal
Vacuum out mud, slurry, and spoils from vaults, pits, and catch basins.
- 05
Emergency / 24-7 Excavation
Line strikes, washouts, urgent repairs: a truck and crew, day or night.
- 06
Cold-Weather Excavation
Heated water cuts through frozen ground when conventional digging can't.
- 07
Remote / Extended-Reach Excavation
Long hose runs carry the dig hundreds of feet from the truck, into places a truck can't go.
03Emergency response
Day or
night.
Line strikes, water main breaks, storm washouts, or a utility that must be exposed tonight so repairs can start at dawn. A truck and certified crew, dispatched around the clock.
04Why hydrovac
Built for contractors who can't afford a strike
Non-destructive precision
Water and vacuum can't cut a gas line the way a bucket can. Dig right next to live utilities with confidence.
Faster than hand digging
A hydrovac crew exposes in minutes what a hand crew digs all day, keeping your schedule and your labor budget intact.
Safety-first operation
Certified operators, 811 process on every dig, full PPE. Built for utility and municipal compliance reviews.
Fleet + disposal, one call
Our trucks dig it; partner United Environmental Corp recycles the slurry. One call covers the whole loop.
05Dig through disposal
We dig it. We recycle it.
United Hydrovac works in partnership with United Environmental Corp, a slurry separation and recycling facility. Every load our trucks pull off your site goes straight to their facility for processing, so one call covers dig through disposal with no third-party chain.
- 01
Excavate
Our trucks expose, trench, and vacuum on your site.
- 02
Separate
Every load goes straight to United Environmental Corp's slurry separation facility.
- 03
Recycle
Processed and recycled there, with no third-party chain.
Slurry & disposal questions: Kimberly Douglas, United Environmental Corp, (510) 992-6864
06Fleet
The trucks that do the work
Heavy unit, Rebel Vac Systems Hurricane
See the fleet- Water capacity
- 1,740 gal
- Debris capacity
- 12 yd³
- Vacuum power
- 6,676 cfm
- Boom reach
- 26 ft
08Safety
Damage prevention is the whole point
Hydro excavation exists because backhoes hit gas lines. Our operators are trained and certified, every dig follows the 811 call-before-you-dig process, and full PPE is standard on every site.
PG&E Gold Shovel
Operating Engineers Local 3
ISNetworld member
- 811 compliant
- Certified operators
- Full PPE, every dig
09Service area
The Bay Area and beyond
- San Francisco
- East Bay / Oakland
- South Bay / San Jose
- Peninsula
- North Bay
- Tri-Valley
- Sacramento
Crews dispatch across the greater Bay Area and surrounding counties. Outside this list? Ask, we travel for the right job.
10Get a truck
Need a truck out this week?
Call Javier directly, or send the job details and we'll quote it fast. Most quotes go out same day.
(209) 416-8233- Existing clients
- Client portal