Dean Trevaskis remembers a fateful call he got from the county that threatened the future of his pumping business, Sweet Pea Septic Services, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California.
“Your disposal site is closed. You’ll have to figure out something else to do,’’ Trevaskis said, repeating the blunt message. He hauled loads of septage three hours one way to find a receptive facility, but that treatment plant raised fees regularly already, making it clear they didn’t want to take his waste.
“I talked to the three counties where we worked and asked them if they were
