Editorial Articles

Rep. Chris Dorworth (R-Lake Mary) introduced legislation to repeal mandatory five-year septic tank inspections and give local governments power to regulate them....

No one will ever accuse Luke Deshotels of searching for hobbies to fill his free time. After all, time is money for...

QUESTION: In previous articles in Pumper and Onsite Installer, soil sizing charts were mentioned that identify rapid perc rate, fine sandy soils...

MICHIGAN Land Application Demonstrated Michigan Septic Tank Association director Chris Sloan and family opened Sloan’s Septic Tank Service in Oakley to legislators, enabling them...

To Jim McDonald’s mind, running a great vacuum truck is one of several prerequisites to showing customers you’re a quality septic service...

Appearances and professionalism can make your small business seem huge. If you look as though you’re substantial and that you can handle...

Owner Danny Duncan runs this red and white 2004 Ford F-650 truck with a 2,000-gallon steel tank for his part-time pumping business....

Fountain Square Theatre, a two-minute cab ride and only a mile-and-a-half from downtown Indianapolis at the intersection of Virginia Avenue at Shelby...

Not long ago, all a trade show attendee needed to make the most of the event was a stack of business cards...

Rodney Atkins rose from a hardscrabble beginning as a sickly orphan to the heights of country music stardom, producing back-to-back Billboard top...

Infiltrator Acquires ADS Septic Chamber Assets Infiltrator Systems Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of the septic chamber business of Advanced Drainage Systems...

Most people would probably agree that improving people’s lives and preserving the environment are very worthy goals. If both of these objectives...

If you’ve got a customer with significant outstanding invoices, and you’ve done all you can as far as calling, sending letters, and...

The National Association of Wastewater Transporters is pleased to work with the Nebraska Onsite Wastewater Association (NOWWA) and Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management...

This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place in Pumper Discussion, an email-based forum for industry professionals sponsored by COLE...

DuPont Landscape Systems GroundGrid soil stabilization from DuPont Landscape Systems is a geotextile that uses a three-dimensional honeycomb grid structure to provide ground...

The Magnum vacuum spreader from Nuhn Industries Ltd. helps liquid waste haulers boost productivity and profitability and offers injection capability, which eliminates...

When Ron Crosier bought his father’s portable restroom and septic pumping business, he set his sights on diversifying into more lucrative markets:...

The owners and employees of J.B. Myers Enterprises Inc. of Blairsville, Pa., went from being dropped by their auto and worker’s compensation...