August 2008 Table of Contents

Features

• 4Reading Between the Lines: What Do You Do After Hours?
  While we all know that pumping liquid waste is a 24/7 job at times, it’s important to balance the critical work you perform with family time, recreation, fitness, travel and other pursuits.
• 10Rules and Regs: Nebraska Revisits Onsite Regulations
  The Nebraska legislature approved an interim study resolution to examine the Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act, and the general adoption and enforcement of installation standards.
• 18Building the Business: Web Wise
  Your pumping business home page is a great place to test inexpensive marketing tactics during tough economic times
• 30Cover Story: Declaration of Independence
  New Zealand’s Pete’s Takeaways turns down an offer to sell to U.S. conglomerate and remains the only locally owned pumping service on the picturesque Bay of Plenty
• 38Interview: Tanks Look Like Swiss Cheese
  Wisconsin waterfront communities committed to replacing leaky steel septic tanks
• 46Profile: Built to Last
  From a modest beginning cleaning outhouse pits with a shovel, Henry Yeska & Son have grown and adapted to 21st century technologies
• 56Special Feature: Pump Performance
  Manufacturers offer technical advances to keep vacuum maintenance down and your profits up
• 84Overheard Online: Truck-to-Truck Loading
  Rather than shuttling loads to a holding tank, a poster wonders if he can transfer waste between trucks for transport to a disposal facility
• 90Special Feature: NOWRA Seeks Training Proposals
  The educational program takes shape for Fourth Annual Installer Academy, scheduled for Dec. 8-10 in Las Vegas

Columns

• 52Association News: Association News and Calendar of Events
  This all-in-one resource will point you to the information you need.
• 68After Hours: In the Race
  Marathon training provides portable sanitation company manager Alex Townsend with a great fitness fix
• 76Money Manager: Crunching the Numbers
  A few simple calculations will tell you if your business is on the rise or headed for the edge of a cliff
• 80Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of the Month
  This month we feature A&B Septic Tank Cleaning
• 96Reader Pipelines: Jobs We’d Rather Forget
  An out-of-control hose, big and unexpected messes and impervious scum layers all contribute to a pumper’s ugliest assignment
• 100Product Spotlight: Jag Mobile Solutions AquaMax 8 Shower Trailer
  The AquaMax 8 shower trailer from JAG Mobile Solutions Inc. has eight unisex shower stalls with their own entrance doors, providing the ultimate in privacy for users.
• 110Septic System Answer Man: The Lowdown on Laundry Lint
  Would putting a filter at the wastewater outlet on a washing machine extend the life of an onsite system?
• 114Industry News: Industry News
  United Site Services Acquires Texas Pride Portable Toilets

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• 104Lighter Side: Solid Gold Service
  Technician works for an hour to fish a customer’s long-lost wedding ring from a clogged waste pipe