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PolyPortables Inc. Family Room
A new family-friendly restroom from PolyPortables Inc. helps portable restroom operators respond to requests for units large enough to accommodate both kids...
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Ask Homeowner for a Helping Hand
Question:I installed a drop box system in good soil for a family who moved from the city to a new home in...
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Ontario Tightens Controls in Large-Scale Systems
The Ontario, Canada, Ministry of the Environment is enforcing the use of a Municipality Responsibility Agreement, which stops the development or expansion...
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New Fees Trouble Rhode Island Pumper
Effective April 1, legislation passed by the Rhode Island General Assembly requires municipal treatment plants to charge an extra $1 per 100...
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The Problem Solver
Richard Davis feels like he’s swimming upstream a lot of the time, fighting a bad economy, extensive regulation and less-than-scrupulous contractors. But...
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Repair, Rejuvenate or Replace
Pumpers who come across problems when servicing their customers’ septic tanks have many options to remedy these situations. The repertoire of choices...
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Signs of a Failing Tank
Pumper averts a dangerous situationComment:Yesterday I went to pump a septic tank in the country. Pulling into the driveway, I noticed the...
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Fueling the Conversation
Our third annual Waste Treatment Symposium, Sept. 10-11, in Eureka, Mo., attracted 100 pumpers from as far away as Alaska, Florida and...
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When Prices Soar
The warnings are everywhere: Inflation is back. “Get used to high prices,” is the downer headline of the day on CNN. The...
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Here, Kitty Kitty
Kevin Atkins’ deft handling of a vacuum truck suction hose has earned the Roto-Rooter of Columbus, Ohio, excavator and pumper praise from...
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Surf’s Up!
Who’s afraid of the World Wide Web? Actually, many people over 30 who don’t use a computer in their daily job may...
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Private Disposal is a Work in Progress
A letter came in the mail the other day from a Pumper reader (who preferred not to be named), exasperated over the...
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On the Campaign Trail
Tim Kettler likes to tell folks on the campaign trail that he prepared for a career in politics for 22 years, because...
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Extend Your Hand
A friend of mine calls it the Three Foot Rule. It means that when he’s at a trade show, if you come...
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Industry News - November 2008
Lenzyme Installs Solar Heating Panels Lenzyme, manufacturer of septic tank treatment products, has installed a solar hot water heating system at its...
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Pacific Natural Energy Corp. Bio-Box
The Bio-Box biodiesel fuel factory from Pacific Natural Energy Corp. enables pumpers to economically make fuel from things they’d normally pay to...
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Proper Venting Eliminates Odors
Question:I have occasionally had problems with homeowners complaining about getting odors now and then caused by their septic system. I have read...
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Virginia Adds Mandatory Maintenance and
Onsite System Evaluator and Designer Credentials
A Virginia law requiring mandatory maintenance for all alternative onsite systems goes into effect July 1, 2009. According to K.R. “Trapper” Davis...







