Inside the February 2012 Issue

February 2012 Cover

Features

Building the Business: Size Doesn’t Matter

Yours can be a one-person operation working from the kitchen table, but you must portray a professional image to keep customers coming back for more

Profile: Safe & Sound

Dropped insurance coverage was a wake-up call J.B. Myers Enterprises needed to implement an award-winning safety program

Expo: Rockin’ Rodney Atkins

Red-hot country singer and authentic American success story Rodney Atkins will “cut loose and have fun” at the Pumper & Cleaner Expo

Letters to the Editor: Promote Public Health Benefits and Green Image of Portable Restrooms

Rules and Regs: Maryland Study Blasted for Blaming Septic Systems for Pollution

Interview: Keep an Eye on Lawmakers

Vigilant Wisconsin pumpers beat back legislation to allow surface discharge and lax homeowner septic system inspection … for now

After Hours: Hog-Wild Pumper

When Luke Deshotels takes a rare break from business, he heads into Louisiana’s backwoods to wrestle wild hogs and bring them out alive

Profile: Growth Through Grease

Long-established West Virginia pumping contractor Crosier’s Sanitary Service Inc. builds revenues by cleaning grease traps, hauling bulk waste and processing brown grease for sale

Cover Story: Golden Opportunity

A shiny new service rig is 2011 Classy Truck winner A.J. McDonald Co.’s best calling card for new business

Overheard Online: Beating the Price Cutters, Part 2

This writer is fed up with competitors who lower their prices down, down and down again to take away his business

Expo: An Old-Time Twist on Bowling

Duckpins, ball & biscuit and the Black Market all bring a bit of the past to present Indy hot spots

Expo: A New Way to Trade Show

Technology and social media will help you make the most of the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo

Columns

Money Manager: Your Best Bet to Collect Debt?

Circumstances will dictate whether you employ a collection attorney or collection agency when your own attempts to seek payment fail

NAWT: Welcome New Association Partners in Alberta and Nebraska

Product Spotlight: Vacuum spreader offers land-application versatility and productivity

Product News: February Product News

Featured new products.

Industry News: February Industry News

Infiltrator Acquires Advanced Drainage Systems; NSF Publishes Water Reuse American Standard; SSPMA Revises Certified Pump Listing; Godwin Donates to National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Godwin Pumps Changes Name to Xylem Dewatering Solutions; Hino, Allison Sign Multi-Year Agreement

Association News: February Association News

Association News, Calendar, Training & Education

Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of February

We feature Duncan & Daughters Septic Service

Septic System Answer Man: A Line in the Sand

If the Long Term Acceptance Rates don’t add up for trenches in sandy soils, a new system may require pressure distribution

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