Editorial Articles

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.,...

A creative approach to all aspects of a small business — from developing an image that customers will remember to finding novel...

Mandie Hagan would have made her father very proud. In the seven years since Dickie Rowell’s untimely death, Hagan, her husband, Ian,...

With a lagging economy throughout 2008, burgeoning inflation and a tightening credit market, it’s no surprise that pumpers asked to gaze into...

How do you handle buried lids?Question:What is the general feeling about septic tank pumpers doing the digging for access to the customer’s...

SAVE, MARKET, AND BUY WISELYNAWT is developing important member benefits, and the three current ones are the 401(k) program, business marketing on...

A healthy business generates cash. But what to do with your earnings can be a more challenging question. For too many small...

Dick was ready to pull his hair out. Transferred from the corporate headquarters to a small, out-of-state location, he had done everything...

Call him obsessive about cleanliness — and some people have — but industrial waste hauler Colin Deems has always insisted that drivers...

WORLD: Global Standardization of ToiletsDuring the November 2008 World Toilet Summit, the World Toilet Organization and International Code Council signed a memorandum...

The drivers he passes on Georgia highways between septic pumping jobs may be surprised at what Rodney Upton is listening to in...

For his company’s recent 25th anniversary, Marc Lamoureux purchased this all-red with chrome accents stunner to add to the Lamoureux Pumping fleet....

Montgomery Gentry and the fun-loving attendees of the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International are a match made in honky tonk heaven....