Editorial Articles

King’s Sanitary Service traded portable restrooms for a combination truck in search of profitable municipal and hydroexcavation work in northeast Ohio communities

Millennials are driving increased use of texting on the job. How you handle this communication tool can determine if it’s a positive or a negative development.

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to managing expenses and cash flow.

Nature’s nitrogen removal solution may provide an important tool at the end of the onsite treatment train.

With new people entering the onsite industry all the time, we frequently need to highlight obsolete product technologies they may run into.

Rob Ratta enjoys running older rigs for installing and pumping work, and thinks recruiting good workers is the biggest challenging facing the wastewater industry.

Even smaller wastewater companies should try to train a point person to oversee safety for the good of employees and to land more work.

Drain and Sewer Control, Armagh, England

Longtime employee Mike Fly moved from the end of the hose to the owner’s desk at California’s Sweet Septic.

Pennsylvania’s Bruce Fox passes along tips from a career of involvement in his state and national wastewater trade associations.

A professional approach to a dirty job — with uniformed drivers and a consumer-education focus — wipes out the tired old stereotypes holding back the pumping industry.

Have you started your wastewater business with a friend, or are you contemplating a new startup with your bestie? If so, you should proceed with caution.