June 2009 Table of Contents

Features

• 4Reading Between the Lines: We’ve Been Together For 30 Years
  The bible of the industry. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard contractors refer to Pumper that way.
• 16Rules and Regs: New Mexico Bolsters Septic System Requirements
  Beginning July 1, all concrete septic tanks installed in New Mexico are required to have a cast-in resilient connector certified to meet or exceed ASTM Standard C923 on the outlet connection.
• 20Building the Business: Employ Fearless Prospecting
  Don’t let the slow economy and a steady stream of ‘no’ responses scare you away from pitching your services to potential customers
• 22Cover Story: In the Beginning
  Publishing partners Pete Lawonn and Bob Kendall built a powerful networking tool for pumpers. Now COLE Publishing serves the entire liquid waste industry.
• 23Special Feature: Looking Back: 30 Years of Pumper
  Pumper was born 30 years ago this month
• 25Special Feature: Building Businesses Together
  Industry leaders say Pumper provides a critical link between product manufacturers and service providers, as well as a forum to build professionalism
• 26Special Feature: 'It Made Us a Better Company by Far'
  Readers say Pumper continues to be a trusted source of information about equipment and business building techniques
• 36Profile: Green Acres
  With a new dewatering plant and friendly farm partnership, Iowa’s Forest Septic Tank Service turns septage land spreading from a liability to a business asset
• 46Profile: We Can Do That
  Tennessee’s Mid South Septic Service adds many entrees to its service menu to answer the call for any tough job
• 56Special Feature: Dewatering Roundup: Biosolids Processing
  Manufacturers offer a variety of solutions for separating, mixing, conditioning and drying wastewater solids streams
• 62Overheard Online: Grease is the Word
  Market the quality of your service and get to know the needs of your customers if you want to build a successful business pumping grease traps
• 76Interview: Powered by Septage
  Michigan bioreactor project aims to produce methane gas from septic waste

Columns

• 16Letters to the Editor: Pumper Promotes Venting Septic Tank Lids
  
• 84Reader Pipelines: The End Game
  Pumpers grapple with diminishing options for liquid waste disposal
• 90Septic System Answer Man: Pride & Professionalism
  In the 30 years since the first issue of Pumper, contractors have become top-notch service providers and ambassadors for environmentalism
• 94NAWT: NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium Set for Florida
  The 4th annual NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium is only four months away on Oct. 9-10
• 100Money Manager: Prescriptions for Health Coverage
  Your efforts to streamline employee healthcare coverage can include shopping for better deals and getting involved in policy initiatives
• 104Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of June
  This month we feature KRK Enterprises Inc.
• 108Industry News: Industry News
  Superior On-Site Teams with US Concrete Precast; Osprey Biotechnics Receives EPA Recognition; JAG Provides Summit of the Americas Support; Liberty Pumps Expands Manufacturing Facility; Mass-Vac Offers Pump Rebuilding
• 114Product Spotlight: X-Ten Steel Septic Pumper
  New vacuum truck from Satellite Industries Inc. with X-Ten steel tank.
• 122Association News: Association News
  News, Training & Education and Calendar of Events

s

• 68Lighter Side: Going in Style
  It might be a pit toilet in the woods to most people, but this outhouse is a regal throne away from home for its proud owner