Inside the February 2009 Issue

Features

Overheard Online: Use Your Shovel … At a Price

You might not like dealing with a buried lid, but you have to think about digging lids as a profit center … and a chance to sell additional services

Profile: Promo Power

A clever ad campaign, a nifty logo and tracking effective marketing drive a diverse and profitable business for Sweet Pea Sewer & Septic

Interview: Now Showing

The New Hampshire Estuaries Project is having a ball promoting the Golden Plunger Award, the highest honor for films about onsite system maintenance

Rules and Regs: Michigan Septage Plant Plagued by Problems

The troubled Grand Traverse County septage plant will lose about $3.4 million by 2014, according to an independent accounting and engineering study released last November.

Building the Business: Little Leadership

It’s the smallest workplace gestures that make the biggest difference in employee morale

Cover Story: Image is Everything

For 2008 Classy Truck of the Year winner Colin Deems, a flashy rig is a pumper’s best calling card

Profile: Can’t Take His Place

When her father was taken away at a young age, Mandie Hagan stepped up to help her mom run the family pumping business

Columns

Septic System Answer Man: Separate But Equal?

Because it’s unlikely that even side-by-side drainfield trenches will perform the same, the Answer Man promotes the use of a sequential distribution design

Reader Pipelines: Reading the Crystal Ball

Fluctuating fuel costs and tightening onsite system restrictions are among the challenges pumpers see the industry facing in 2009

NAWT: NAWT Boosts Membership Benefits by Developing Partnerships with Service Companies

SAVE, MARKET, AND BUY WISELY; ONE-STOP SHOP; INDUSTRY CATALOG DISCOUNT; NAWT IN LOUISVILLE

Industry News: Industry News

Vanair Moves to New Facility; Screentech Re-Designs Web Site; United Site Services Acquires Nickel Ridge Portables

Money Manager: Finding a Parking Place

Your cash reserves don’t have to sit idle. With a little planning, you can put these dollars to work earning more for your business.

Product Spotlight: Denali and Century III Restroom Trailers

The Denali and Century Series restroom trailers, made by Forest River Inc. for Alpha Mobile Solutions, offer one-man setup and interiors aimed at handling large crowds at special events or disaster-response sites.

Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of February

This month we feature A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning

Association News: Association News

News, Training & Education and Calendar of Events

After Hours: A Higher Calling

Georgia waste hauler Rodney Upton preaches more than effective septic system maintenance. He’s studying for a second career in the ministry.