Excavation & Underground Utilities in Franklin Township, NJ
JWSR LLC is a local, licensed and insured excavation and utility contractor working in Franklin Township and across Somerset County. Franklin Township sits about 46 miles south of our Hamburg yard, roughly 70 minutes out, so we can get a crew and the right machine there without a long wait.
JWSR LLC is a licensed and insured excavation and utility contractor based in Hamburg, New Jersey, about 46 miles from Franklin Township, working across Somerset County. About 94.7% of Franklin Township's land area sits inside a public water delivery area, shared between 2 systems, the largest being Franklin Twp DPW. About 46.6% of the town is inside a sewer service area, the largest run by Middlesex County UA, and the rest is on septic. We do the underground work either situation calls for: water and sewer service lines, septic, storm drainage, excavation and restoration. Call 862-268-2510 for a free on-site estimate.
Which Franklin? There are four of them
New Jersey has four municipalities called Franklin inside our service area. They are separate governments with their own ordinances and their own permit desks, which is what matters before anybody digs. This page is Franklin Township, Somerset County, 46 miles south of our Hamburg yard. If that is not the one you meant:
- Franklin Township in Hunterdon County, the township
- Franklin Borough in Sussex County, the borough
- Franklin Township in Warren County, the township
We do a lot of Brightspeed fiber construction around Franklin Township
A significant part of our work in Franklin Township is underground construction for Brightspeed's fiber internet network. Brightspeed has been rolling fiber out fast across Hunterdon and Somerset County, already reaching tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and putting that network in the ground is exactly the underground utility work we specialize in.
We take care of the trenching, conduit, directional boring, and cleanup so the build moves and the properties get restored right. That is a big part of what we do here, but it is far from the only thing. We still handle sewer and water lines, septic, grading, driveways, and emergency digs across town.
Helpful guides: How we install cable with a vibratory plow · Running fiber through a Christmas tree farm
Sources: Brightspeed brings fiber to central New Jersey · More Hunterdon communities gain Brightspeed fiber (WRNJ Radio)
Somerset County is denser and more suburban, which brings more sewer and water line work, underground utilities, and hardscaping on established properties.
As a township, Franklin Township has the kind of larger properties where septic systems, grading, drainage, land clearing, and long driveways come up most. Whether it is an emergency sewer or water line dig-out, a septic system, a lot that will not drain, or a new driveway, we bring our own equipment and an operator who knows the ground in this part of Somerset County. We show up when we say we will, and we leave your property graded and clean.
Services for properties in Franklin Township
Septic Installation in Franklin Township
New septic systems, replacements, and repairs, permitted and done right.
Learn more →Grading & Drainage in Franklin Township
Fix standing water, regrade your lot, and protect your property from erosion.
Learn more →Land Clearing in Franklin Township
Clear brush, trees, and stumps and get your lot ready to build.
Learn more →Driveways, Roads & Lots in Franklin Township
New driveways, road repairs, and parking lot redos built on a base that lasts.
Learn more →Excavation in Franklin Township
Site prep, dig-outs, trenching, and land development for any project.
Learn more →Sewer & Water Lines in Franklin Township
Emergency sewer and water line dig-outs, repairs, and full replacements.
Learn more →Some of what we have been building
A look at recent excavation, utility, and site work from around Somerset County and northern New Jersey.
What tends to be in the ground in Franklin Township
The biggest single stretch of building in Franklin Township came before 1940, though the township's 1,187 housing units are spread fairly wide across the decades.
About 22% predates 1940, so there is a real pocket of clay and galvanized service in Franklin Township sitting alongside much newer stock.
A smaller share, around 21%, falls in the 1940s-to-early-70s Orangeburg era, so it turns up on some streets and not others.
With 23% built since 2000, a good part of Franklin Township is newer, and there the work is usually drainage and grading rather than pipe.
Housing-age figures: US Census American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates, table B25034. Pipe service lives are documented industry figures. What is actually under any one property varies, so we confirm it on site before we quote a replacement.
Franklin Township is split between public water and private wells
About 94.7% of Franklin Township’s land area sits inside a public water purveyor’s delivery area, shared between 2 different systems. The largest is Franklin Twp DPW, then NJ American Water - Raritan. Outside those pockets most properties are on a well, sometimes their own and sometimes one shared with neighbors, and the three situations are different jobs with different rules. Which one you are in is the first thing to settle, and your bill settles it faster than any map.
What replacing a water service involves, and who supplies water in every town we cover.
Source: NJDEP Purveyor Service Areas of New Jersey, edition 2025-07-03, measured against US Census municipal boundaries. NJDEP maps actual delivery areas for public community systems, meaning fifteen or more year-round connections; smaller shared and association systems are real but do not appear. Percentages are share of land area, not share of homes, and a state file can lag a change of ownership. The name on your bill beats any map, including this one.
The part that changes the job here
Franklin Township in Somerset runs its own water utility for much of the township, alongside NJ American Water, and sends sewage directly to the Middlesex County Utilities Authority. Under half the township's land, about 47%, is mapped inside the sewer service area, so septic is still common in parts of the township.
Franklin Township is part sewered, part septic
About 46.6% of Franklin Township’s land area falls inside a mapped sewer service area. The largest share goes to Middlesex County UA, with 2 smaller works alongside it. A service area is where sewer is planned and permitted, not a promise that a main runs past your house, so the only way to settle it for one address is to look. Outside it, septic.
Sewer connections, laterals and septic work are all things we do, and which one you need is usually settled in one phone call. Sewer and water line work.
Source: NJDEP Sewer Service Areas, read 2026-09-08, measured against US Census municipal boundaries. Percentages are share of land area, not share of homes. Most polygons in this layer are small on-site treatment works for a single school, campground or business, so read the percentages rather than the count.
Working in Franklin Township
How fast can you get to Franklin Township?
Franklin Township is roughly 70 minutes from our Hamburg base, so we can usually be out for an estimate quickly, and for a sewer or water line emergency we start moving right away, day or night.
Do you install and repair septic systems in Franklin Township?
Yes. Septic installs, repairs, and failed-field excavation are some of the most common jobs we do in Somerset County townships like Franklin Township. We handle the dig, the tank, and the grading, and we leave the yard clean.
Are you licensed and insured to work in Somerset County?
Yes. JWSR LLC is a licensed and insured New Jersey contractor, and we work across Somerset County and six other counties. We pull the permits, mark out, and do it by the book.
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Need excavation in Franklin Township?
Free on-site estimates and 24/7 emergency service, about 70 minutes from our Hamburg yard. Call 862-268-2510.
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