Editorial Articles

Payroll is the single largest expense for most small businesses, so it’s important that it be handled with intelligent planning. There are...

The thickening reactor from NewTech Inc. removes 90 percent of liquids from grease-trap waste, leaving a thicker, lighter-weight product that results in...

Dean Strander has built a sanitation business that is as diverse as its service territory.His Strander’s Sanitary Service, based in Lodi, Wis.,...

When Dotti Scott schedules a septic service appointment for Scott Septic Inc. of Hopkinton, Mass., she’ll tell the customer to expect “my...

Hollis Warren is a staunch believer in educating the public and pumpers. For his continuous efforts along those lines, Warren, 57, of...

Provisions of Substitute Senate Bill 110 became effective Sept. 17, 2010, requiring the state Department of Health to adopt statewide onsite rules...

Question:I read your article, “Tank Troubles”, (October 2010) and have come across a bad tank. I have a 10-year-old, two-chamber septic tank....

It’s well known that banks earn most of their money by charging interest on the money they lend. Lesser known are the...

Gradall Names Petrole Vice President of Vacall Gradall Industries Inc. has named William G. Petrole III vice president of Vacall products. Petrole...

Many folks expressed surprise last fall when the National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the recession actually ended in June 2009....

The Disney Co. re-releases a 50-year-old animated film, and it makes millions. Apple creates a cell phone, and the world holds its...

This year’s Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International education program offers 84 seminars given by industry experts covering a full range of...

January is the time for planning the new year’s agenda, and the National Association of Wastewater Transporters has the process well under...

Military generals aren’t the only ones who don’t like to think about collateral damage. Everyone wants to believe they and their field...

When Sean Farrell was laid off from his job as a vacuum truck operator in 1998, he decided to never again face...

Work hours are longer. The work is physical. No two days are alike. But Tonya Bowling says her husband, Dennis, is happier,...

After months of clearing hurdles, Ronnie Daniels of Brewster, N.Y., achieved his dream of opening his own business — Ronnie’s Septic Tank...

Problems with two of 13 drip irrigation septic systems in Maryland have prompted a year-long moratorium on new drip systems in the...

Question:I read Pumper, and I could use a half dozen scholarly book titles on proper septic system construction, or good Internet sources....