Editorial Articles

The concept of a stick man in need of a portable restroom landed Virginia high school student Tim Thompson a classroom filmmaking...

The custom vertical doors and bold purple and yellow paint scheme on Bruce Hall’s 2009 Ford F-750 service vehicle draw a lot...

Did your mother ever tell you, “Don’t talk to strangers?” Most people have taken this warning to heart. That’s one of the...

This is one of those months where I wish Pumper had two covers. Here at the magazine factory, we assign two contractor...

Hannay Names Bleile Sales Manager Denis Bleile has been named sales manager for Hannay Reels. He takes over for David Guilzon who...

Strength, durability and driver comfort are hallmarks of a new septic service vacuum truck from Satellite Industries Inc., featuring a 3,200-gallon X-Ten...

So Pumper is 30 years old this month? To mark the milestone reached by a critical environmental trade publication — which matured...

Beginning July 1, all concrete septic tanks installed in New Mexico are required to have a cast-in resilient connector certified to meet...

As the Michigan Department of Environment Quality phases out land-applied septage and restricts where haulers can offload it, pumpers working many miles...

Bob Conrad sees traditional residential pumping as the steady, dependable work that brings new and diverse profit centers to his Arlington, Tenn.-based...

Two major events in the summer of 2007 swiftly changed the focus of Forest Septic Tank Service in Des Moines, Iowa, a...

With increasing regulation in many states, pumpers’ options for septage disposal are on the decline. It used to be if you had...

Grease as a new revenue stream?Question:I am looking to get into pumping grease traps. Can anyone provide me with any information, such...

BEST DEAL IN TOWNThe 4th annual NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium is only four months away on Oct. 9-10. Remember that the Water...

More pressing issues about the economy may be pushing it off the radar screen, but healthcare remains a huge financial challenge for...

If all construction contractors were like John Sylvestre, it would be a whole lot harder for portable restroom operators to make a...

To the Editor: We install risers on 95 percent of the tanks that we dig out, especially on concrete tanks. The following...

At the 2009 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International, we asked readers what impact Pumper has had on the growth and development...

Frank King admits that he was “as green as they come’’ when he started a pumping business in Lowell, Mass., in the...