Connecticut’s Chiarella Family Overcame a Rough Business Beginning

The first truck at Danbury Septic Tank Service went up in flames, but the small family pumping business recovered and has enjoyed a long, satisfying ride.

May 01, 2019 | by Steve Lund |

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Connecticut’s Chiarella Family Overcame a Rough Business Beginning — Working with a waterfront scene in the background, Richard “Richie” Chiarella II removes tank lids while Mason Cleveland pulls hose to the tank.

Danbury Septic Tank Service celebrated 50 years in business in 2018, which would be impressive for any business, but it’s even more impressive for a company that suffered a disaster in its second year. The young company’s first truck went up in flames on July 1, 1970. Carole “Muzzy” Chiarella — who with her husband, Richard Chiarella, owns the company — recalls the day vividly. “My husband was coming up out of Ridgefield (Connecticut), pulling a hill. It was an older truck we had to put oil in just about every day. The truck backfired, the motor caught on fire and

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