Editorial Articles

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...

In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...

Ziegler Plumbing & Sewer - Newport News, Virginia Theresa Siebels, Ron and Steve Ziegler own this silver 2006 Kenworth T800 with a 4,000-gallon waste...

Standard restroom units are a critical part of your rental inventory. However, sometimes a client is in need of a little extra room in...

Chad Werab’s excavating and truck-related businesses kept him plenty busy before he purchased Fred’s Septic Service in 2008. Adding the pumping service...

The pumping industry encompasses a close-knit group of professionals who share the challenging work of handling and hauling liquid wastewater for homeowners,...

An often-repeated business mantra says, “There’s no substitute for experience.” All Pro Septic in Cleveland, Texas, has that in spades. The family...

We all overuse certain words and phrases. (Myself definitely included: I’m guilty of ending sentences with “... so ...” when I’m not...

When the Florida Legislature ended its session in the spring, the effort to approve Senate Bill 1664 failed. The Legislation would have...

Screening system saves company time and money Problem: Aqua Engineers has been serving the Hawaiian Islands in both the water and wastewater industry for...