Detective skills are often as important as pumping experience for employees at Turner Sanitation in Lake Orion, Mich.
Too many new homeowners don’t realize their property isn’t tied to city sewer, and that they are responsible for their own septic systems, says Steve Yerkes, who owns the Detroit-area septic service and portable sanitation business with his wife, Janet. Then, when something goes wrong – often in the middle of winter – homeowners call for help and have no idea where the septic tank is located.
Thankfully, workers at Turner Sanitation are good at solving mysteries because of the lessons learned from the
