Terra I/S is a premier industrial cleaning company offering its services to local, regional, and national clients throughout the continental United States. Our clients span a diverse spectrum of industries which include: Agricultural, Manufacturing, Municipal, Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Power Generation, Pulp and Paper, Refining, Steel, and other related industries. Terra’s comprehensive range of services includes emergency response, hydro-blasting, hydro-excavation, plant decommissioning, tank cleaning, transportation, vacuuming, and waste management. Terra is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan with additional offices in Detroit, Michigan and Antioch, California. In addition, we have three closely affiliated companies which provide a comprehensive range of environmental services.

Terra I/S has a well-established reputation for quality and safety. Our roots reach back to 1952, and over the decades, we have built a first class organization that has stayed current with the best methods and technologies. Terra owns and maintains its own extensive fleet of equipment, which is custom-designed for state-of-the-art operation and reliability. Terra can mobilize quickly with a vast array of personnel and equipment to efficiently handle any of your project requirements.

Terra has placed great emphasis on building in-house capabilities and employs a team of engineers, geologists, water treatment specialists, project managers, technicians, and equipment operators who possess the required combination of training and expertise to successfully respond to a wide variety of complex challenges. Our staff of Professional Engineers, Registered Environmental Managers, Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, and environmental, health, and safety professionals are knowledgeable in the latest regulatory standards necessary for the safe and successful completion of industrial, municipal, and environmental related projects. Terra I/S services include:

• 24-hour emergency response (800) 632-4176
• Transportation and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste
• Hydro-blasting up to 20,000 PSI
• Ultra high hydro-blasting up to 40,000 PSI
• CO2 (dry ice) blasting
• High pressure hot water jetting up to 200°F
• Industrial vacuuming (wet & dry)
• Automated vacuuming / containerization
• Vacuum excavation
• Vacuum tanker service
• Vacuum tank trailers with capacity to 9,500 gallons
• FRAC tank services
• Waste management programs
• Plant decontamination and decommissioning

HYDROBLASTING

Terra’s mechanical and water cleaning services extend far beyond traditional hydroblasting, with a diverse array of cutting and cleaning equipment. Our expanding inventory includes:

• Drain and sewer cleaning units with pressures up to 2,500 psi
• Traditional 10,000-psi units with volume capacities from 5 to 86 gpm
• 20,000-psi units for more challenging jobs
• 40,000-psi ultra-high-pressure machines for "metal-cutting" applications and hard-to-remove deposits
• Soft-Blast System using 80 psi, air-driven delivery equipment and 100% biodegradable industrial grade baking soda media for safe and effective cleaning of insulation, welds, oil/grease spills, and general cosmetic cleaning of process equipment
• CO2 (Dry Ice) Blasting system that minimizes waste generation due to the evaporating cleaning media and provides an effective means to clean energized electrical systems
• Specialized tooling for cleaning reactors, air pre-heaters, extruders, boilers, tanks, vessel and tower interiors, and piping 

TANK CLEANING

Terra provides turn-key industrial maintenance services that will decrease overall turnaround time. By utilizing some of the best technology and equipment available, Terra provides efficient onsite treatment that will save your company time and money, while strictly adhering to regulatory compliance. Our services include:

• Sludge and solids removal
• Confined-space entry and rescue
• 90% non-entry cleaning methodology
• Chemical neutralization
• Hydroblasting for inspection and repair
• Facility and process decommissioning and decontamination for demolition
• Wastewater sludge dewatering
• Vacuum truck services
• FRAC tank services
• Waste transportation
• Hazardous and non-hazardous waste minimization and disposal 

TRANSPORTATION

Terra provides a wide range of transportation equipment for hauling non-hazardous and hazardous waste, such as:

• Box vans and van trailers
• Carbon or stainless steel bulk and vacuum tanker trucks
• Dump trailers and flat beds
• Roll-off and vacuum boxes
• Gravel trains (Michigan and Canada)

HYDRO-EXCAVATING

• Hydro-Excavation is a non-mechanical and non-destructive process which combines pressurized water and a high flow of moving air to simultaneously excavate and evacuate native soils at a controlled rate. Applications include:
• Large-scale exposure of underground utility systems
• Safe exposure of "unknown” utilities
• Trenches for conduit runs, sprinkler systems, or direct burial utilities
• Building footings
• Subsurface Utility Engineering (S.U.E.)
• Cold weather and frozen ground operations
• Pre-construction S.U.E. 

VACUUM SERVICES

Terra utilizes a diverse fleet of vacuum equipment to remove a wide variety of materials with differing densities and viscosities from basins, drains, sewers, tanks, vessels, and water treatment ponds. Our fleet consists of:

• Air machines for wet and dry applications
• Vacuum units with swing-out detachable cyclone units
• Rotary vane machines for handling materials with low flash point temperatures
• DOT liquid vacuum transports
• DOT liquid vacuum trucks
• Jet-rodder units for sewer cleaning

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Terra offers a comprehensive resource management program that is customized to each client’s solid, liquid, and semi-liquid hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. This includes waste characterization, program design, all necessary containers, transportation and disposal for these waste streams. Terra can also assist with programs to reduce and recycle waste and in turn reduce the costs associated with waste. Terra has relationships with a wide range of disposal and recycling facilities across the country, which enables us to do the leg work to find the most cost effective way to manage client’s waste streams.

• Site inspections
• Labeling
• Containerization
• Transportation
• Documentation and TSDF scheduling coordination
• Reducing and recycling programs 

PLANT DECOMMISSIONING

Terra’s professional staff provides turnkey plant decommissioning activities that are cost-effective and completed on time. Terra has a reputation for working closely with various consulting engineers and the regulatory community to satisfy all client requirements. Our services include:

• Asbestos, lead, and bio-hazard abatement
• Chemical sweeps
• Equipment cleaning and removal
• Groundwater treatment
• Light and ballast removal
• Site restoration
• Strip outs, cleaning and complete facility demolition

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Terra can respond to and manage all of your emergency response contracting needs for virtually any material or waste 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling (800) 632-4176. Terra offers a comprehensive package of “start-to-finish” service that includes containment, mitigation, remediation, identification, transportation, disposal, and reporting. When the unexpected happens, customers expect a swift and complete response. With Terra, that is exactly what they will receive.

• 24-hour emergency response service
• Abandoned drum programs
• Confined space entry and rescue
• Highway transportation incidents and product transfers
• Mercury vapor detection and cleanup
• Mobile air systems units, Level “A” capabilities
• Soil, surface water, and groundwater releases