Washington County, Minnesota
Underground Utility Contractor in Woodbury, MN
Blackstone Utilities builds and repairs underground utilities in Woodbury, Minnesota. Services include fiber optic installation, power conduit, water main and sewer line installation and repair, storm sewer, excavation and trenching, directional drilling, hydro vacuum services and emergency utility repair. Projects in Woodbury are planned and dispatched from our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois.
Woodbury is the largest city in Washington County, with an estimated 80,596 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 35 square miles of land.
Ponds, basins and storm pipes
Newer neighborhoods and commercial areas often send storm water to ponds and basins through a network of inlets, pipes and outlet structures. Those systems need occasional attention: sediment collects in structures, outlets clog, pipes separate at joints, and inlets settle.
Typical storm work for such a system:
Cleaning
An vacuum truck removes sediment and debris from inlets, structures and pipe so the system can drain and be inspected.
Repair
A separated or broken section of pipe is exposed and replaced, and a settled inlet is rebuilt to grade.
Extension
New inlets and pipe are added where paving or grading has changed, connected to the existing system as its owner allows.
Ownership varies: some systems belong to the public owner, others to an association or a business. We will ask who owns the system and what its owner requires.
We handle water services, sewer laterals and conduit in Woodbury as well.
Gopher State One Call
Gopher State One Call receives locate requests under Minnesota Statutes chapter 216D. Notice must be given at least 48 hours ahead, without the day of notice, weekends or holidays, and at most 14 calendar days ahead, and the ticket lasts 14 calendar days (section 216D.04). Private storm systems are usually not marked by the one-call process.
Woodbury and nearby cities
Landfall, Newport, Afton, Lake Elmo, South St. Paul and Oakdale are near Woodbury. We take on work in those communities too.
For storm work, photos of the ponding, the inlet or the pond outlet, with a site plan if you have one, are a good start. Say who owns the system if you know. We follow up with our questions and a proposed approach.
Services in Woodbury
Each page covers the scope, the method and what to send for a quote.
Working with us in Woodbury
- Call us or request a quote. Calls and quote requests for Woodbury, MN go straight to our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois, open Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-7:00 PM CT.
- We scope the job. We review the site, the utility and the specifications with you and propose a method and a schedule.
- We plan and dispatch the work from Huntley, Illinois. Our headquarters plans and dispatches every job across the states we serve.
Woodbury at a glance
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Washington County
- Population
- An estimated 80,596 residents (2024 Census estimate)
- Land area
- 34.9 square miles (Census)
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Tell us what you need built or repaired in Woodbury, and where. Office hours: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-7:00 PM CT.
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