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....
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Communities Take Differing Approaches to Wastewater Regulation Around Washington’s Puget Sound
Thurston County and the town of Lynden are at opposite ends of Puget Sound, and in the last month both took action...
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Don’t Lose Interest in Your Loans
After years at rock bottom, interest rates are slowly creeping up.They’re still comfortably low — making your borrowing cheap and your savings...
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Clean Fleet Partnership Saves Fuel Costs, Builds a Greener Reputation
To help reduce fuel consumption by corporate truck fleets through the use of alternative fuels and other fuel-economy strategies, the Clean Cities...
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Learn to Be a Soil Saturation Detective
Last month, I responded to a reader question about water saturation through varied soil types. A follow-up question involved how to identify...
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Give Your Vacuum Tank a Thorough Inspection
Vacuum tanks are subject to significant stress as you load and unload wastewater every day. Constant changes in pressure and vacuum, combined...
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The Future Is Tied to Technology and Automation
Names: Eddie Harrison
Business: BAT Onsite LLC
Location: Mount Airy, Maryland
Age: 57
Years in the industry: 35What we do: We service automated onsite systems including...
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Attend the 2017 NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium in Pennsylvania
It’s time to make your plans for the eighth National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT) Waste Treatment Symposium. The Symposium will be...
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Classy Truck - August 2017
Owner Gene Morris added an ultramarine blue and white 2016 Western Star 4900 Series truck built out by Tiger General with a...
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Classy Truck - August 2017
Owner Derrick Driggers added this all-black 2007 Freightliner M2 with a new 2,500-gallon waste/300-gallon freshwater steel tank and Jurop/Chandler R260 pump built...
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Lightweight vacuum system is a good fit for backyard pumping
Sometimes a pumper needs to get to a tank where the vacuum truck just won’t go. What do you do if you...




















