Editorial Articles

The New Jersey legislature revived a bill to delay an anti-sprawl, water quality management rule that gives state environmental officials more power...

Many small business owners, when asked how they got where they are today, will say, “Because I had a great mentor.” Will...

When the economy soured beginning with the collapse of the financial industry in 2008, Williamston, N.C.-based Bennie A. Moore Septic Tank Service...

The new FL Series of submersible effluent pumps from Liberty Pumps offer higher head capacity, better motor protection, increased durability and easier...

Often, a time-consuming and physically demanding part of a service technician’s job comes before he even fires up the vacuum pump: uncovering...

Beginning this fall, state associations can book the National Association of Wastewater Transporters one-day, eight-hour traveling waste treatment course for their annual...

Huge numbers of Americans approaching retirement age have not saved nearly enough for their later years. The Federal Reserve reports that Americans...

For more than 20 years, pumpers and installers have popped the lids on precast tanks to occasionally find eroded outlet baffles, a...

Dear Editor:My husband and I owned a pumping business for over 20 years. He recently passed away, but he always felt he...

The economy may be improving — inching upward by degrees — but employee moods may not be following the trend. With a...

MSA Offers Workman Tripod The Workman tripod from MSA is designed for confined space entry and features an internal leg-locking mechanism, maximum...

As a septic service contractor, I’m sure there’s been countless cases where you flipped the lid and found more than you bargained...

Rietsema is SJE-Rhombus Distributor Sales Manager SJE-Rhombus has promoted Scott Rietsema to distributor sales manager for the United States and Canada. Rietsema...

In Northern Nevada, Sani-Hut is nearly synonymous with portable restroom, like Kleenex is to tissue. And the name recognition the Sani-Hut Company...

Question:I believe drainfields start ponding when the user of the onsite system adds too much water to the drainfield. With a well-maintained...

By Sept. 15, Minnesota should know the location of all septic systems in the state. An audit was ordered by legislative action...

Since incorporating in 1994, the Oregon Onsite Wastewater Association has focused much of its energy on an annual conference. In 2005, however,...

Geography is one thing you can’t get around in the portable restroom business — literally. Some contractors battle icy roads, some steep...

As pumpers continue to diversify into fields related to septic service, they’re asking crewmembers to take on new and varied jobs. That’s...