Editorial Articles

Stories about small businesses today can sometimes focus more on hardship than health. Jim Hodge’s is one of the refreshing “good” stories....

The labor market has loosened up considerably in the past year with the economic recession. Though this particular facet of the downturn...

How do I clean up this mess?Question:A driver pumped a septic tank today that apparently had some kind of foaming agent in...

NAWT IN LOUISVILLEWith another successful Waste Treatment Symposium behind us, it’s time to draw a bead on the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental...

Your business was running pretty smoothly — sales growing, and profits growing, too. Then the credit crunch hit, someone said the R-word,...

If you’ve ever been on the local TV news as an environmental health expert, or been interviewed on the proper maintenance of...

Good customer service is half the battle to building a successful business. It’s an obvious point, but one that can’t be repeated...

When Mike Ink took the family pumping business over from his father, Robert, in 2005, he decided to refurbish the company’s 1988...

The Omnibus control system for Vac-Con combination and Xcavator (hydroexcavating) machines puts all vacuum and water system functions on a joystick-style controller...

Question:You mention using clean sand in a lot of your columns. What do you mean when you say “clean sand?” I thought...

Michigan’s Grand Traverse County Board of Public Works voted to conduct an independent investigation of its troubled $8 million septage plant to...

As states amend septic codes, some are adding language requiring a certificate of onsite system evaluation before properties transfer. The response to...

The national economy may be in shambles, but as evidenced by the recent addition of $3.3 million in new vacuum, hydroexcavating and...

While some industrial vacuum loading contractors might shy away from hazardous work, such as cleaning tanks holding high flash or explosive materials,...

OK, admit it: One of the biggest reasons you got into septic pumping in the first place was that you like to...

Bad odor is coming from the outside inQuestion:A pumper I know has a problem with septic odors appearing inside houses. Lots of...

IT’S ALMOST HEREThe National Association of Wastewater Transporters fourth annual Waste Treatment Symposium, Oct. 9-10, is only weeks away. Have you reserved...

Your success as a business owner comes down to whether or not you can pay your bills and still turn a profit....

It started as a joke, but owner Joe Hall years ago started putting the phrase, “Mama’s Red Corvette” on the bug shield...