Editorial Articles

Luxury restroom trailerThe Royal Limited Series of portable restroom trailers from Ameri-Can Engineering feature private floor-to-ceiling toilet suites with stile-and-rail doors,...

In the beginning, pumping outhouses and installing homemade septic tanks supported Morris DeJonghe’s family in the village of Britton, Mich. Begun in...

A former septic tank installer and a former state inspector in Louisiana are under indictment in federal court in a bribery case....

As the concept and use of decentralized wastewater treatment has advanced, systems are increasingly installed in areas where additional pre-treatment beyond the...

After your truck, the telephone is probably your most valuable business tool. It connects you to customers and employees, but it can...

If one of the following scenarios describes something that has gone on with your business in the past year, you need to...

SSPMA elects officers, directorsThe Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association (SSPMA) elected Mark Huntebrinker (Zoeller Co.) president, Jeff Hawks (Champion Pump) vice...

This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place at the Pumper Discussion Forum, an online forum for industry professionals found...

Readers tell me they read Pumper cover-to-cover and the pages get dog-eared from all their employees taking turns paging through the magazine....

One attention-grabbing portable sanitation product that debuted at the 2013 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo may have seemed out-of-place. But while the...

The 43 employees at Legacy Sanitation aren’t all related – it just seems that way. “Everyone here is a family member, a...

Most business professionals know that follow-up is important, but few are masters of it. Sure, they may leave one or two voicemails...

After the aging tank on his 1989 Peterbilt 379 collapsed, owner Steve Green refurbished the rig with a 3,600-gallon steel tank from...

Staying on top of customer needs is one of the skills Jay and Anita Brendel have used to maintain the successful business...

WISCONSINGlass cullet approved for onsite applications The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently approved glass cullet generated from recycling for use as onsite...

Here at Pumper we pride ourselves on sharing valuable business advice we hear from septic service pros, small business experts and industry...

The repeal of a law in Florida requiring septic tank inspections every five years has implications for groundwater quality in the Sunshine...

Last month I dealt with questions about a pre-trip technician checklist for vacuum trucks. The discussion brought up another important topic: the...

Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guilty of exceeding its authority to enforce the Clean Water...