Editorial Articles

Each year, businesses waste thousands of dollars on training that doesn’t deliver expected results. Consequently, many company owners or managers determine that...

Our Classy Truck feature was born in the 1990s and has been popular with pumpers even since. Many of you have shared...

Every day, more than two dozen hydroexcavation and dry- and wet-vacuum trucks emblazoned with Hurricane Hydrovac iconography fan out across southern Ontario...

J&J Portable Sanitation Products acquires Sansom Industries J&J Portable Sanitation Products has acquired the assets of Sansom Industries. The acquisition includes all the assets...

Factors such as material costs, labor rates and fuel prices are in constant flux, potentially cutting into profitability. ServiceTitan is attempting to...

Superior Signal 5E FLEX battery-powered smoke blower Superior Signal’s new 5E FLEX battery-powered smoke blower is specifically designed for smoke testing building plumbing...

Marcus Esch added a white 2023 Western Star 4700SB with a 4,250-gallon aluminum tank and National Vacuum Equipment 4310 blower built out...

Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic code....

Name and title or job description: Jake Bell, owner-operator along with my father Jon Bell and my uncle Chad Bell, the founders Business...

Problem: Several years ago, a Minneapolis city inspector needed to replace old, damaged cleanout plugs in a municipal building pipe with deteriorated...

Cable Drain Cleaning MachinesDuracable DM30The DM30 cable drain cleaning machine from Duracable can be used to clean residential main- lines running from...

Pumper often carries news about grants that help people pay for septic system repairs, and while many wastewater professionals know in their...

Many products are manufactured specifically to periodically measure sludge and scum accumulation — or you could make your own. These devices can...

Few workplaces are total negativity-free zones. Even the best places to work can suffer from the occasional corrosive effects generated by drama...

Seasoned pumpers may recall the “good old days” of going out on service calls, heading out to a rural location with an...

It took only 48 days for Bob and Michelle Kuhn to get their new septic pumping company up and running after officially...

About three years ago, father and son Andrew and Josh Gunia realized the time had come to do something with A Advanced...

Chloride levels in many surface waters are increasing and pose an emerging environmental concern, since elevated chloride levels are harmful to aquatic...

My client (his construction company built factories) walked into the conference room where I was writing a keynote for him and tossed...