Editorial Articles

For pumpers who clean grease traps in restaurants and other businesses where hoses are either not allowed or an unwanted nuisance, the Wee Vac from Wee Engineer Inc. provides a portable, low-cost alternative.

Laundry lint particles might be small, but they can still create big problems with onsite systems if they’re not handled properly

The Lycoming Sanitary Committee in Montoursville, Pa., closed early last November due to $230,000 debt and insufficient reimbursable funds.

Pumpers are urged to look for creative ways to unlock the potential of what has been a challenging byproduct of the liquid waste industry

An affinity for recycling and cleaner technologies gives North Carolina’s Stanley Environmental Solutions a profit punch

Faced with a family health crisis, brothers join forces and create a succession plan to preserve and strengthen Ohio’s AAA Wastewater Services Inc.

“It hadn’t been cleaned in about five to seven years, and the crust was about six feet thick”

Both the onsite system and the municipal sewage treatment system have their place

Chatham Concerned Taxpayers sponsored a meeting with the intent of finding a wastewater solution that is less expensive than the $300 million sewer system and treatment plant upgrade currently being planned for the community in Massachusetts Cape Cod.

How an entrepreneurial itch turned into a startup septic service business for New York’s Ronnie Daniels

With excavation and landscaping down to a science, Montana’s TLC Septic Services goes all in with $300,000 in vacuum trucks for its new pumping division

Pumpers explain the many benefits they receive from attending the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo

Who should foot the bill when a worn septic system component breaks while I’m servicing a tank?

Research workshop aimed at determining the impact of regeneration water on onsite systems and prioritized areas for further study

Just when you think the economy can’t get any worse … It’s time to plan for better days ahead

The highest quality septic service standards and using the best tools in the business won’t be enough if you can’t sell, sell, sell

Emerging from a tough economic period, new pumpers offer the optimism to inspire all of us to loftier goals in 2010

Brooker was a Florida Pumper, Installer