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Much of the Superstorm Sandy clean-up work in New Jersey will be in removing silt from storm drains and culverts in areas...

A survivalist about to be featured in an episode of the National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers reality show shared an unbelievable piece...

As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the New Jersey/New York shoreline, pumpers are scrambling their trucks to help customers anticipating storm surge...

A 2-year-old Starke, Fla., boy went missing Wednesday evening and was found dead in a septic tank with a broken concrete lid...

In this month’s editor’s column, entitled “Set the Record Straight,’’ I called on Florida pumpers to hammer home the importance of periodic...

Improperly abandoned septic tanks are a tragic accident waiting to happen. The unseen dangers of an empty, abandoned and weakened septic tank...

Take a look at this recent online discussion where a homeowner is looking to rationalize a decision not to maintain his septic...

The Portable Sanitation Association International has filed a civil lawsuit against its former executive director, William F. Carroll, Jr., and other staff...

Public health officials throughout areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaac last week are warning residents about several disease hazards, including flooded septic...

Just as we reported earlier this week on a Wisconsin county cracking down on homeowners who ignore septic system inspection rules, a...

Homeowners who ignore periodic pumping rules in Walworth County, Wis., are subject to fines of $663 and a court order to comply...

As someone who enjoys the freedom of riding on two wheels on a beautiful summer afternoon, I was shocked and saddened by...

How often does proper septic system maintenance turn up as a topic in a syndicated newspaper advice column? Not often, I would...

Someone in Claremont, N.C. is dumping 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of sewage each week into the city’s wastewater system and it is...

A new program in several counties throughout Missouri’s Ozarks region aims to improve the environment by helping homeowners pay for septic system...

In Michigan, regulators want pumpers to dump their septic system loads at the nearest convenient wastewater treatment plant. In many situations, haulers...

How’d you like to enter a drawing for cash prizes every time you dump a load at the local wastewater treatment plant?...

As Florida communities deal with the repeal of a controversial septic system inspection law, the pumping community needs to step up and...

Three more people have been convicted of bilking elderly homeowners out of $1 million for supposedly septic-friendly toilet paper in Florida. We...