Editorial Articles

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...

This feature in Pumper® reports noteworthy conversations that take place in the Pumper Online Discussion Forum for industry professionals found at www.pumper.com....

The National Association of Wastewater Transporters Inc. is offering its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-endorsed Inspector Training and Certification Course on Feb. 25-26...

It’s time for small business New Year’s resolutions. Here are 10 to help you manage your money better.Read (or reread) two books...

It took New Jersey artist/construction worker Rick Syers and Halloween to prompt the New York paparazzi, numerous celebrities and national media to...

Enviro Waste Oil RecoveryMahopac, N.Y. Owner Colin Deems is a stickler for details when he orders a new vacuum truck. And this...

It took Thomas Edison more than a thousand tries to get the light bulb right. Yet how many of us give up...