Editorial Articles

Cable Drain Cleaning Machines Duracable J-MAXX The J-MAXX cable drain cleaning machine from Duracable can be used to clean residential mainlines running from the house to the septic...

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson sent me an email a few years back. I had published an article about the time he gave...

It’s time to reach into the email bag for some newsworthy items for your consideration: Wearing shorts? Recently I received a timely question from...

By several measures, the deck was a bit  stacked against Chancy Thomas when she took ownership of Quality Pumping, the company her parents,...

Liberty Pumps building new material handling center Liberty Pumps’ new material handling center is under construction and on track to be completed by the...

Positive Displacement Blower National Vacuum Equipment Challenger 1600 The Challenger 1600 from National Vacuum Equipment is a 1,600 cfm tri-lobe blower designed for continuous duty...

COXREELS Extreme-Duty XTM Series spring rewind reel The XTM Extreme Duty Reel from COXREELS is based on the TMP T-Series Medium Pressure product...

Demand for 1,000-gallon septic tanks was greater than Infiltrator Water Technologies could supply. The company’s solution was developing the CM-1060, a compression-molded...

Merlin Litzenberger added this Firemist brown 2021 Kenworth W900B built out by Nolt’s Services and carrying a 5,400-gallon aluminum Martin’s Truck Bodies...

Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard,” which generally...

Name and title or job description: Dwayne Crocker, owner/operator Business name and location: Crocker Septic Tank Service, Kathleen, Georgia Services we offer: We pump, install and repair...

In the June column I addressed a question I received about low-profile septic tanks. While going through some calculations related to that...

The driest January and February on record happened this year in California. With the state facing another year of severe drought, there...

I’ve worked several different schedules. Some were great, others less so. But the best work schedules all shared one thing in common: They allowed...

Way back when, I had a summer job selling newspaper advertising over the phone. I think we had push-button phones on our...

In 2017, 23-year-old Frank Mendieta was just settling into a job working for a septic contractor in San Antonio. He never imagined...

Snake Trap toilet auger cover Snake Trap’s universal 6-foot toilet auger cover solves the longstanding problem of how to transport toilet augers...

Felling Trailers redesigned its Air Tilt trailer series to improve ease of use and provide septic service providers a more versatile solution...

Hainan Sanitation - Blairsville, Pennsylvania Brother-and-sister business partners John Myers and Lori (Myers) Dudzinsky added this blue 2016 International 4300 built out by...