When we shed some light on a Septic Socials project in Washington State in 2012, this local program seemed like the kind...
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Septic Socials are catching on from coast to coast
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Safety first: Another septic truck rolls over
WTRF.com in Wheeling W.Va., published a series of photos of a vacuum truck rollover accident Monday near Sardis, Ohio, on the Ohio-West...
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Drivers beware: Remember your liquid load
In the latest of several septic service truck crash photos posted by various media this summer, the Alaska Dispatch put this one...
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Are you subcontracting for Internet portable restroom marketers?
The other day I was talking to a woman who runs a septic service and portable sanitation company with her husband. She...
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The summer’s going great: Hear from Jay Brendel
If you talk to pumper Jay Brendel, of Brendel's Septic Tank Service, you’ll learn there’s no shortage of business in the Detroit,...
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Pumper escapes injury when loaded truck overturns
A Florida vacuum truck driver was uninjured when his service rig overturned along Interstate 75 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla., on Monday,...
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Don't flush those wipes!
I’ve had a tremendous response to my June editor’s column about so-called “flushable’’ wipes. There have been several comments on Facebook, a...
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Rain, rain go away!
In some parts of the country, relentless rain and the residual effects of Tropical Storm Andrea this week have caused flooding that...
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He wants to ban land spreading
A retired hydrologist and local town board supervisor wrote a story for the Dunn County News in northwestern Wisconsin advocating ending the...
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What do you know about national portable restroom marketers?
I recently ran a Google search for portable restroom companies in my area to see which of the local contractors would pop...
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I wouldn’t want to be a pumper in this community
In Pender County, North Carolina, apparently it’s common for folks to empty a septic tank by running sewage through a garden hose...
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Local governments pay toward septic system upgrades
Seeing a story about local governments helping pay for private septic system upgrades is getting to be a weekly occurrence for me....
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Want instant credibility? Seek certification and join a trade association.
Scammers recently targeted an elderly couple in Texas, charging them more than $2,000 to inspect their septic tank and adding insult to...
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A pumper takes up painting. Her canvas? The side of a septic tank.
She was no artist, but Marg Gale, of Gale’s Septic in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, picked up a paintbrush one day and...
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Should the Amish receive an exemption from septic system rules?
A battle has been brewing for some time in Indiana over whether communities of Amish people can build their own septic systems...
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No pumper wants to be called to this unthinkable job
I’m sure Manassas, Va., based pumping company AITS Septic Service was not eager to get the call Tuesday to pump out a...
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Sinkhole? No, it appears to be an improperly abandoned septic tank.
Authorities in Ruskin, Florida, were concerned with a backyard depression this week, fearing it was a dangerous sinkhole like the one in...
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Here’s more evidence that private treatment will be trend in septic service
A news report this week out of Perry, Ga., shows why many septic waste haulers will need to consider building their own...
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Recovering from the Pumper & Cleaner Expo
It’s been two weeks and I’m still digging out from under the pile of business cards I received and notes I collected...
