Editorial Articles

Question:We are purchasing a house with a new 1,500-gallon septic tank. As part of the home inspection, our inspector gave us the...

The National Safety Council has not only called on motorists to stop using cell phones and messaging devices while driving — it...

Proposed legislation in Michigan would add onsite systems to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act as of January 2010. If passed,...

Nathan Gay wants to see a driver in the field with the vacuum pump working overtime rather than standing over a propped-open...

You could say Shawn House literally came up in the septic waste management industry. His father created a septic tank manufacturing firm...

Any smart employer knows that his or her largest investment is tied up in the hiring and retention of quality employees. And...

Do risers break tank insulation?Question:I recently had my septic pumped. I told the (technician) I wanted to install a riser so we...

FRESH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESThe grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that NAWT received to improve and implement its vacuum truck training course...

A challenging business climate might not put expansion on the top of your priority list, but there may be some good reasons...

To the Editor: I was surfing the ’Net today and ran across your magazine. Having subscribed to your magazine almost 30 years...

Retaining a customer is more cost-effective than securing a new one, so once you have educated a customer on the various aspects...

Last August, we kicked off a new feature in Pumper called “After Hours,” seeking to find out what readers do when they...

Unlike many of his peers, Dave Neelis, 36, did not play hockey as a kid growing up on the frozen tundra of...

This 2008 Peterbilt 340 from Transway Systems Inc. is the proud ride of Brian K. Russell, who uses it for septic...

Vanair Moves to New Facility Vanair, a manufacturer of vehicle-mounted compressors and accessories used in power-takeoff technology, has completed its move to...

The Denali and Century Series restroom trailers, made by Forest River Inc. for Alpha Mobile Solutions, offer one-man setup and interiors aimed...

Question:One of your columns in Pumper related to serial distribution. Why is serial distribution better than parallel distribution? My understanding of serial...

The troubled Grand Traverse County septage plant will lose about $3.4 million by 2014, according to an independent accounting and engineering study...

The success of its video contest on the importance of onsite system maintenance has the New Hampshire Estuaries Project in Durham, N.H.,...