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New York City Mulls Changes to Onsite Wastewater Rules
New York City is about to revise its watershed rules, and that includes how onsite systems are handled. Changes also include how...
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The WWETT Show Is a Necessary Part of Your Wastewater Success Plan
The 2019 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show is the No. 1 event for pumpers to learn more about...
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Setting Prices or Staking Out Territories With Competitors Can Be a Felony Offense
Working together is a wonderful thing — except when it’s against the law.
Let’s say you’ve a great customer base on the north...
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Protect Your Pumping Company Against Internet Hacks
Entry 288562Your pumping company relies on email, company websites, online payments and smartphones to conduct business. The problem is that every digital...
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Do Necessary Soils and Site Homework to Choose the Right Dispersal Plan
A few months ago, I had an inquiry from a homeowner indicating the need to replace a failing drainfield and being told...
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‘My Guys Hunger to Learn; They’re Good With People’
Name and title or job description: Garth Millan, co-owner with wife, Frances Millan
Business name and location: JAB Site & Wastewater Solutions,...
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Classy Truck - February 2019
Service Pumping & Drain - North Reading, Massachusetts
Dick Mottolo added this 2017 Mack Midnight Blue GU713 with a 5,200-gallon Robinson Vacuum Tanks aluminum...
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Classy Truck - February 2019
Deuces Wild Septic Service - Mandan, North Dakota
Kirt Pelster added a 2004 International DT466 truck with a 2,500-gallon stainless steel Hull’s Truck Bodies...
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QuickZoom III from CUES promoted for septic tank inspections
A camera can offer an accurate and efficient diagnosis of a septic tank issue, which in turn can reduce on-site time requirements...
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They Started Building New Septic Systems; Decades Later They Are Pumping and Ungrading Them
A few years after Dirk Feikema bought Wesley Feikema & Son Sanitation Services from his father in 2006, he changed the name...
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Stamp Out Politics in the Workplace
A few months ago, we lived through another bitter and partisan election cycle. The nasty attack ads blanketing the airwaves, the 24-hour...
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Septic Service and Land Application Are a Package Deal
Located in a village of 1,100 people in cottage country in central Ontario, Total Site Services has had to diversify and expand...
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Thanks in Advance for Reading This Column – Kate
Most of us like to be thanked, especially when the sentiment is sincere. For that reason, “thank you” is one of the...
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Progress Is Slow for New Michigan Septic Code Bills
Last year, two bills were introduced into the Michigan Legislature with the intent of establishing a statewide code for onsite wastewater systems....
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Is Your Pumping Business Ready for a Full-Time Mechanic?
There are several essentials in your wastewater business — skilled workers, appropriate licenses, a sharp front office staff. And then there’s your...
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Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Safety Glasses and Face Shields
As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he...
