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 Hunterdon County. Franklin Township sits about 44 miles southwest of our Hamburg yard, roughly 65 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 44 miles from Franklin Township, working across Hunterdon County. Only about 0.9% of Franklin Township sits inside a public water delivery area, in pockets served by Clinton WD, so most properties here are on private wells. There is no mapped sewer service area in Franklin Township, so wastewater here is handled on site by 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, Hunterdon County, 44 miles southwest of our Hamburg yard. If that is not the one you meant:
- Franklin Township in Somerset 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)
Hunterdon County is rural and agricultural, heavy on well and septic systems, stone, and long private drives. It is exactly the kind of ground our equipment is built for.
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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon 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.
Most of Franklin Township is on a private well
About 0.9% of Franklin Township’s land area sits inside a public water purveyor’s delivery area, shared between 2 different systems. The largest is Clinton WD, 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.
Franklin Township is septic country
NJDEP maps no sewer service area anywhere in Franklin Township, so the working assumption on any property here is a septic system, and the disposal field and the ground it sits in are the job rather than a connection. That is a planning map rather than a survey, so it is not proof that no small local collection system exists anywhere in the township. What it does mean is that there is no planned municipal sewer to tap.
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 65 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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County?
Yes. JWSR LLC is a licensed and insured New Jersey contractor, and we work across Hunterdon 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 65 minutes from our Hamburg yard. Call 862-268-2510.
Call 862-268-2510