Editorial Articles

The 3012 DSP screw press from BDP Industries, designed for smaller size wastewater treatment facilities processing 1 mgd or less, handles up...

Innovation requires risk, and risk can be scary. Yet seldom is it possible to take a business to new heights without adapting...

In the North Dakota oil fields, where luxuries are few, it’s more than just irritating when water lines freeze and there’s no...

Fire up the grill, cook up some burgers, and then let’s look inside a septic system. That is not an unusual sight...

Amazing Machinery The Quick View camera inspection system from Amazing Machinery has a 1 3/8-inch color camera head (waterproof to 500 feet) with...

Florida’s Senate Environmental Preservation Committee approved a measure that would limit mandatory onsite inspections to counties with first-magnitude springs. The bill (SB...

Product innovation is the lifeblood of the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International, and professionals in the liquid waste industry found it...

QUESTION: What can affect septic tank biology? ANSWER: One question often asked by pumpers and other service providers who regularly see the inside of operating...

NATION Smartphone Soil App The Soil Web application for iPhone and Android smartphone platforms uses GPS to access the phone’s location, then downloads real-time...

It’s coming on the start of the busy season for most septic service companies and, as poet Alexander Pope once succinctly put...

An office should energize workers and reflect a successful business. The colors on the walls should be conducive to productivity and the...

Owner Buddy Pope had this white Peterbilt 335 with a 2,800-gallon aluminum tank built out by Amthor International. The rig is powered...

Hino receives customer satisfaction recognition Hino Trucks ranked highest in customer satisfaction among conventional medium duty trucks according to the J.D. Power and...

LaVerne Charlet Reflects on Long Career, Growing Industry After spending about 45 years manufacturing and marketing vacuum equipment for the liquid waste industry,...

For Brenda Stepule, nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit like decorating a pump truck! The co-owner of Stepule’s Sanitation Service Inc.,...

With lawyers charging $250 to $400 an hour in many cities, going to court can be a big pain in the pocketbook....

Major annual awards in the liquid waste industry were presented during a meeting of the National Association of Wastewater Transporters Feb. 29...

The National Association of Wastewater Transporters Shoot-Out competition was held at the 2012 Pumper and Cleaner Expo, Feb. 27-March 1, in Indianapolis....

Question: What does everyone use for truck tank levels? My truck has a sight glass, which, once dirty, is useless. Any other ideas? Answers: Sight...