The Municipal Enforcement Sewer Use Group, composed of 29 communities in Ontario, estimates that flushable wipes cost Canadian utilities $250 million per...
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Improper Use of ‘Flushable Wipes’ Costs Canadians $250 Million Annually
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Happy Holidays — and Get Ready for the Tax Man
With the annual chore of filing your personal and business income tax returns for 2016 just around the corner, it’s a good...
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Childhood Truck Rides Lead to a Career in Wastewater
As a child, Sara Coleman remembers hopping on the vacuum truck to go along on septic service calls. The time spent with...
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Cast Your Ballot for Your Favorite Septic Service Truck
In a first for the Classy Truck of the Year competition, we brought more rigs into the garage this year for your...
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Business Diversification — Sewer and Drain Maintenance
Camera system allows company to expand services and operate more efficientlyProblem: C.A. Taciak & Sons in Towson, Maryland, wants to understand how...
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Wittig RFL 102 vacuum pump from Gardner Denver provides high vacuum in smaller footprint
The ability to load and off-load quickly can equal more appointments per day, which means profit for a pumper. Scheduling more appointments...
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Ka-Boom! Can a Septic Tank Spontaneously Combust?
A couple of months ago, I read a news story about a septic tank that exploded and started a fire, destroying a...
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Land Application Misunderstood in Big Sky Country
It’s a common problem in the onsite industry. As more people seek the peaceful rural lifestyle, conflicts arise with the way things...
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Classy Truck of the Month - December 2016
Owner Tim Novak added “Big Blue,’’ a 2002 Sterling truck built out by Cooper’s Sandblasting, Minerva, Ohio, with a 3,600-gallon steel Pik...
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Classy Truck of the Month - December 2016
Courtney Van Delden submitted a 2016 Kenworth T800 with a 4,000-gallon aluminum tank and Masport HXL400WV pump built out by Progress Tank....
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Submit Scholarship Applications, Industry Service Award Nominations
Hapchuk ScholarshipThe National Association of Wastewater Technicians is offering a $1,500 Hapchuk Scholarship to a deserving student interested in a career in...
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Grease is the Meal Ticket for This Established North Carolina Pumping Company
Cultural changes have nudged Overbey’s Septic Tank Service into different directions since the mid-1940s when Bob Overbey and his brothers returned home...
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Quality Control Means Doing All the Work Ourselves
The owners of A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning know what they want. Mike and Patti Mutchler have been operating the company to ensure...
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And the Winner Is … Doorbust’n Portables & Septic Service
Public recognition for a job well done is a rare and elusive thing in the pumping industry. Sure, you might get a...
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Try the ‘Undercover Interview’ Strategy With Prospective Employees
Interviews can provide great insight. But do you know what a potential new hire is really thinking? Sometimes you don’t. That’s why...
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Michigan Proposal Would Create Statewide Septic Regulations
A series of bills to set a statewide regulation for the estimated 1.3 million septic systems in Michigan has been introduced in the...
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Secure the Cash for When You Need It
You have good cash flow, minimal debt and no upcoming major purchases in the works.But we both know just how unpredictable the...
