Editorial Articles

If you own a business, there’s much more to the U.S. government’s economic stimulus program than the check you received in the...

Separately, love and business are two of life’s greatest challenges. What happens when you weave them together? The possibilities run the gamut...

A year ago, in the September issue of Pumper, I suggested adding industrial vacuum loading services for contractors whose traditional residential work...

Federal Signal Expands Guzzler, Vactor Facilities Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group is adding 60,000 square feet to its 175,000-square-foot Guzzler and Vactor...

The AquaMax 8 shower trailer from JAG Mobile Solutions Inc. has eight unisex shower stalls with their own entrance doors, providing the...

QuestionThere are several laundry machine lint filters on the market. What are the benefits as you see them? If the septic tank...

Quality service includes ensuring a customer’s marital bliss, as far as Allen Lewerer is concerned. The co-owner of Mr. Rooter Plumbing of...

Working with waste, working conditions can be unpleasant. But when you’re faced with a tough technical challenge on top of that, the...

The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association is seeking training proposals for the Fourth Annual Installer Academy.This year’s Academy, Dec. 8-10 at the...

Can I pump from one truck to another?Question:I have a 3,500-gallon vacuum truck and a 1,500-gallon vacuum truck. I always fill the...

If you’ve ever read an investment analyst’s report on a stock, you’ve probably seen references to various calculations that the writer used...

Alex Townsend, manager of regional sales and marketing at the Washington, D.C., office of A Royal Flush, has worked the New York...

WISCONSINThe Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association Summer Convention is Aug. 22-23 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. Events include roundtable...

Ferdinand Yeska’s family tree reads like the history of modern sanitation, beginning in 1909 when he emigrated from Poland to Nazareth, Pa....

Central Wisconsin and communities along Lake Michigan’s shoreline experienced a building boom from the 1970s to 1990s. Steel septic and holding tanks,...

New Zealand-based Pete’s Takeaways Ltd. is on an island in more ways than one. The liquid waste hauling company is surrounded by...

Competition for new customers is keen for pumpers these days, with a sluggish economy encouraging homeowners to put off regular maintenance and...

The Nebraska legislature approved an interim study resolution to examine the Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act, and...

When I meet pumpers for the first time, we’re usually focused on important industry-related issues, like septage disposal costs, vacuum truck features...