In fall 2016, Rex King Jr. — majority owner of King’s Sanitary Service in Bristolville, Ohio — made a game-changing move by...
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Rex King’s Successful Formula: Follow the Money
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Successful Massachusetts Company Shows the Profit Power of Vacuum Excavation
Owner Mike Flaherty likes to say three things haven’t changed about his family’s company, Advanced Pollution Control (APC) Corp., since it was...
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6 Tips for Appropriate Use of Text Messaging at Work
We’re texting all the time. Sending a text is more timely than sending an email, yet feels less intrusive than calling someone....
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Trump Orders New Look at Waterway Issues
In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...
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How Much Should You Spend?
It sounds like a simple question.If you’re running a small business, what’s the best way to spend your money? What percentage of...
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What Are Floating Wetlands and How Might They Serve the Wastewater Industry?
Wastewater treatment usually involves a combination of pumps and power, but for millions of years it has been done with plants and...
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What Is This Thing Called Orangeburg Pipe?
Once in a while I am reminded that even with all the progress we have made in the industry in the past...
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Give Me a Vintage Truck and Hardworking Employees
Name: Rob Ratta, owner
Business: R.M. Ratta Corp.
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts
Age: 45
Years in the industry: Ratta Corp. is a third-generation family business operating for...
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A Safety Coordinator Opens the Door to More Contracts
When the business cycle is slow, Dan Lin, safety coordinator/operator of Supreme Vac in Edmonton, Alberta, jumps into a truck and works...
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Classy Truck - September 2017
James Mallon added this orange 2010 cabover DAF (PACCAR) CF vacuum truck with a 3,000-gallon waste/100-gallon freshwater stainless steel tank with a...
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Hydroexcavator provides safe and efficient digging in mobile home community
Problem: A mobile home community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, had an undetected water leak under one of the mobile homes for over...
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Transition From Employee to Company Owner Can Be Smooth Sailing
When 16-year-old Mike Fly stopped into a septic service supply store in 1983 hoping to sell some batteries to owner Bud Sweet,...
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What Can You Learn From a Lifetime Achievement Award Winner?
Bruce Fox was out in front of the crowd at a National Association of Wastewater Technicians meeting during the WWETT Show accepting...
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Leaving a Good Impression Is Important to Florida Pumper Brandon Buckingham
From uniformed route drivers to gleaming trucks, to a strong focus on educating customers about best practices for maintaining septic systems, it’s...
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Can Friendships Survive Business Partnerships?
We’ve all heard the horror stories of great businesses utterly collapsing because the founders were good friends and the relationship turned sour....
