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The combination of intake pressure and velocity of the liquid or gas jets the media up from a well, tank, or pit through the pump to the discharge point. Jet pumps are less efficient than typical ...

The water has a secondary benefit of channeling the debris down the sewer line and into the large municipal sewer pipe, called the city main. Hydro jet plumbing also scours clean the inside of the ...