Editorial Articles

As pumpers, you often encounter do-it-yourselfer homeowners looking for ways to shave a few dollars off of the invoice. I imagine many...

Trading profit-and-loss statements for pumping septic tanks may sound like an odd bit of career calculus. But nearly three years after making...

Polite Notice: When it’s your turn, if you are talking on your cellphone, we will help the next customer. If you make a...

It’s a story I’m hearing a lot lately from pumpers. Well, I’ve been hearing it for years, frankly, but it’s becoming all...

On any given day, between 800 and 900 employees at Thompson Industrial Services fan out from 22 strategically located facilities, along with...

Denyse Pontius named president of Century Chemical Century Chemical announced that longtime employee Denyse Pontius was named president and majority owner of the 95-year-old...

General Pipe Cleaners PD-25 Auto Handy General Pipe Cleaners’ new PD-25 Auto Handy with automatic feed offers feeding speed and convenience in a...

Choosing a vacuum truck for your business is a big deal. It becomes the image of your company, and more importantly, it’s...

Northstar Environmental Group - Gallatin, Tennessee Owner Donnie Drayton added a white and blue 2020 Kenworth T880 carrying a 4,000-gallon steel tank and...

Residents around Lake George in upstate New York have expressed concerns for several years about algae and pollution of the lake. Some...

Name and title or job description: Justin Wells, president and co-owner Business name and location: Baker Septic, Ferndale, and Dano’s Septic, Bremerton, Washington; Best Septic,...

In the past few months, I have had a couple questions about the viability of constructed wetlands to treat septic tank effluent...

The coastal counties of Georgia have high water tables, and information about older onsite systems can be thin at best. For several...

Blowers Howden 827 DVJ The 827 DVJ dry-vacuum blower from Howden is a heavy-duty unit with integral ductile iron impellers. The casing headplates, gear cover and drive-end are...

Macchio Achievement Award presented to Gary Poborsky The Macchio Achievment Award was presented to Gary Poborsky at the WEQ Fair in York, Pennsylvania, on...

Superior 5E Electric Smoke Blower finds faults, odors, leaks and inflow Superior Signal Company’s Superior 5E Electric Smoke Blower connects to any clean-out,...

Laws change and regulations tighten over time, and Marsh Industrial understands equipment used in the wastewater industry needs to be up to...

BBS Septic & Environmental Service, Front Royal, Virginia James Coleman refurbished a 2004 Freightliner FL70 carrying a 2,000-gallon waste/100-gallon freshwater steel tank from...

Part of the federal budget infrastructure request from President Joe Biden says money could be used for repairing up to 180,000 septic...