Editorial Articles

This is a continuation from last month’s question from a new inspector getting started on the job.Previously I wrote about getting to...

Profitability in any business depends on keeping a handle on all your resources; knowing what needs to be done, how it’ll happen,...

It happens to every business at one time or another. You’ve completed the service and sent bill after bill after bill. And...

Richard Davis of Quick Response Septic Service, Grass Valley, Calif., sent in these photos of his 2000 GMC Topkick vacuum truck, which...

An unassuming gray PolyPortables Inc. restroom has struck a chord with musicians and achieved backstage celebrity status at the annual Country Fever...

How much does septage weigh?Question:Anyone have a link or documentation on the average weight of septage? Answers: Water weighs 8.34 pounds per...

Jack Spack Septic Tank Service Inc. has been in business for nearly 60 years. To continue for another 60 will take good...

Since 2003, septic pumper Jeff Rachlin has offered customers maintenance agreements to cover routine system care and warranties to cover systems over...

I’m not used to backing up; I want to go forward,” says Teresa Wood as she navigates her pickup truck in reverse...

Doug Lassiter, executive director and lobbyist for the North Carolina Septic Tank Association, reports that the association’s rapid action in the state...

Manny is the owner and general manager of a small car dealership with 10 employees, similar to many small businesses that install,...

?What: “Kenny” When: Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m.Where: Baxter Avenue Theaters, 1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Ky.Details: The free screening for Pumper...

To a certain degree, you are what you drive in the pumping business, says Dean Church, owner of Bainbridge Septic Tank Pumping...

J&J Chemical Expands National Sales Team Michael Lackey and Joshua Carmichael have joined J&J Chemical’s national sales team. Lackey joins the Midwest...

Last September, a new Texas statute went into effect that relaxes onsite inspection requirements. It states that rural residents may maintain the...

Resource Geoscience Inc. in Colorado Springs, Colo., specializes in environmental assessment, compliance, and remediation services. One contract involves cleaning guano, half-dead pigeons,...

Jeff Martindale is a Texan. It comes as no surprise, then, that his septic and portable restroom company serves a large area,...

Farmers in northeast Lower Michigan watched Richard Gillespie of Alpena Septic Service grow corn and alfalfa on mediocre sandy loam soils after...

It’s a question professional pumpers ask themselves every year: Should I attend the Pumper & Cleaner Expo? The realities of everyday business...