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“We encountered many groundwater issues this year,” said Paul Korenovsky, owner of Everett-based Allied Waterproofing & Drainage.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Waterproofing companies will gladly sell you costly solutions that manage rainwater after it enters your home, but they usually won’t offer to solve the problem outside — at the source.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

Perhaps the most curious speaker in 2016 was Andy Wist, owner of Standard Waterproofing, a business he said he started at 21 in his mother’s backyard in Brooklyn, and grew to 140 employees.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2020

Waterproofing: We ran each closed bag under a kitchen faucet with a spray setting for five seconds.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2018

The water-proofing was done by the Union Construction and Waterproofing Company.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 by Brace, James H.