Editorial Articles

Problem: Redbank Transport is a family-owned, 65-truck fleet that specializes in moving aggregates throughout the tri-state area of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky....

2017 Blower & Vacuum Pump Manufacturer Directory

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For most businesses, answering phone calls from potential customers is simply a means to an end: booking a job. But at ADB...

When Stephen I. Smith purchased a 1949 Studebaker pumper truck in the 1950s, he had no intention of getting into the septic...

It’s time to make your plans for the eighth National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT) Waste Treatment Symposium. The Symposium will be...

A few months ago, I used this space to propose wastewater industry recognition of an educator who goes above and beyond to...

Good branding and marketing weren’t invented yesterday. Consider the story of John K. Hogg of Frederick, Maryland, a manufacturer of soap. Mr....

California’s multi-year drought was officially declared over this spring, but the Legislature is on the verge of making the state a pioneer...

To lease or to buy?For contractors like you, that question more typically comes up when talking about equipment — that new vacuum...

Nestled along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, La Porte County is the first in Indiana to enact an official point-of-sale property...

A reader posed a question about water in the soil and how it moves. He asked: “Is it true that regardless of...

From time to time we need to enter a truck’s vacuum tank (or a septic tank) to clean and inspect it. That...

Names: Bill Coffey, president; Billy Coffey, vice presidentBusiness: Pembroke Pumping Services Inc.Location:  Danbury, ConnecticutAge: Bill 72, Billy 46Years in the industry: Bill...

Owners Dave and Dana Neu started their pumping company by putting together an all-white 1999 Sterling vacuum truck carrying a repurposed 2,600-gallon...