In 2001, Jeff Johnson started Johnson Johns & Septic Service out of necessity more than anything. A few years prior he had purchased a struggling utility company serving an industrial park in Kingsbury, Indiana. Johnson spent millions upgrading the utility company’s aging wastewater treatment plant and soon realized he needed more flow to get his new endeavor on the road toward profitably. What better way than to provide it himself?“I saw an opportunity to grow the industrial park and start up some other businesses if there was a strong utility infrastructure and the treatment plant was taken care of properly,”
