Editorial Articles

Name and title or job description: Todd Stair, vice president. I wear all hats — master plumber restricted, soil tester, septage operator, customer...

About a year ago I wrote about troubleshooting some problems with system backups and mentioned it was important to periodically inspect and...

When Scott Chase was approached by a master gardeners group to present a program on landscaping over septic system drainfields, his first...

Positive Displacement 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...

Big Data is critical to business success because it provides important insights and information. Large enterprises use sophisticated systems to track data...

Do you ever wonder how the myth that septic tanks never need pumping gets propagated and remains alive no matter how hard...

When Mike Gates sees something going on in a market that could signal problematic changes for his industry, he doesn’t just wait...

A while back I received a phone call from an employee at a pumping company that I won’t identify for reasons that...

Glenn Parent, the third-generation owner of Parent Sanitation, has the company doing exactly what he wants it to do: pumping. The company...

MicroSepTec EnviroServer ES Series MicroSepTec added five sizes of its EnviroServer ES Series to NSF certification. The new sizes of the residential wastewater treatment...

Kuriyama of America offers hose designed for grease applications In 2020, Kuriyama of America launched its Grease Bandit hose to tackle jobs where suctioning...

Bio-Liquid Waste Disposal, Antigonish, Nova ScotiaFrancis Overmars has an all-red 2015 Western Star 4700SB built out by Vacutrux with a 3,602-gallon steel tank...

Suffolk County, New York, is planning to establish a countywide water management district to aid in the fight against bacterial contamination of...

Name and title or job description: Vonda (Sissy) Bob, chief financial officer and office administrator Business name and location: South Texas Aerobics, Caldwell, Texas Services we offer: Pumping,...

I occasionally get questions involving shared septic systems and other infrastructure. Most often these questions are connected to separating properties that were...

The complexities of operating a business can leave you scratching your head. As ideas churn in your mind for new equipment, business...

Receiving station helps ready plant for increased influent load Problem: Legislation for septic tanks in Florida may lead to increased septage volume at Indian River...

Dewatering Equipment Bright Technologies, Division of Sebright Products, 0.6-meter skid-mounted belt filter press The compact 0.6-meter skid-mounted belt filter press from Bright Technologies, Division of Sebright Products, has...

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994. Today he’s one of the richest people in the world. But while Amazon is undeniably a...