Editorial Articles

As one solution to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering a...

How much does it take to retire? Conventional wisdom once suggested if you could put aside a million dollars, you’d be set for...

When it received a grant of 388 acres of land about a decade ago, Chatham University already had a main campus near...

I continually receive questions and comments about determining soil texture in the field. Soil texture, as hopefully everyone reading this knows, is...

Name and title or job description: Chic Shaw, president Business name and location: Chic’s Contracting, Athabasca, Alberta Age: 72 Years in the industry:...

John Holm & Son - Monroe, New JerseyWayne Borsuk added a black 2017 Peterbilt 567 with a 5,000-gallon stainless steel tank and 440...

Gilpin Septic Services - Wareham, Massachusetts Bill Gilpin Jr. added this black and blue 2104 Kenworth T370 with a 2,700-gallon steel tank and Fruitland...

Special events and construction sites sometimes request portable restrooms that offer more convenience and cleanliness than a standard unit. In fact, work...

Problem: A longtime pumper truck manufacturer was experiencing constant overheating and failure of washdown pumps due to cycling. The manufacturer had been...

Richard Snyder believes in having good, up-to-date equipment for his septic service business and even showed off his latest vacuum truck at...

It wasn’t too many years ago that Brett Tutor was apprenticing for his grandfather Chet Tutor’s home inspection company, a teenager hand-digging...

While working as a golf course pro in Colorado and Texas, Zack Ray never dreamed he would one day own a septic...

Small businesses play a vital role in the U.S. economy as incubators for innovation and employment growth. About 97 percent of U.S....

Police in Santa Rosa, California, spent a year tracking down a man they say illegally dumped septage into city sewers. Carlos Velarde Chavez,...

The goal of any commercial insurance policy is to protect the golden goose that is your business and keep it laying eggs...

In Vermont, septic systems are the norm, not the exception. In fact, state officials estimate that about 55 percent of residential homes...

In a recent column, I discussed how pumping through an inspection port was a bad practice that has been proven ineffective at...