Editorial Articles

AAs things stand today in Vermont, only designers of onsite wastewater systems are licensed by the state. There is no registration or...

Owner Ryan McGuire bought a gunmetal gray and white 2005 Kenworth T800 with a 3,300-gallon steel tank and a 75-gallon freshwater tank,...

Every pumper has late-night emergency calls. A customer’s septic system backed up and they need the tank pumped immediately. It’s important that...

Pik Rite provides complete makeovers to used trucks. This 2004 Sterling cab was repainted to a clean white and the 4,000-gallon Pik...

When Cindy Tiemann, RN and director of nursing for an assisted living facility, wanted a career change, she never anticipated becoming an...

Sending work to subcontractors never made much business sense to Bob and Danielle Beauregard, the owners of a Mr. Rooter plumbing and...

It’s Classy Truck time, one of my favorite months of the year here at Pumper. This marks a decade since we started...

I was asked by one of my employees recently if I had a copy of the e-book I wrote years ago called...

The Municipal Enforcement Sewer Use Group, composed of 29 communities in Ontario, estimates that flushable wipes cost Canadian utilities $250 million per...

With the annual chore of filing your personal and business income tax returns for 2016 just around the corner, it’s a good...

As a child, Sara Coleman remembers hopping on the vacuum truck to go along on septic service calls. The time spent with...

In a first for the Classy Truck of the Year competition, we brought more rigs into the garage this year for your...

Camera system allows company to expand services and operate more efficientlyProblem: C.A. Taciak & Sons in Towson, Maryland, wants to understand how...

The ability to load and off-load quickly can equal more appointments per day, which means profit for a pumper. Scheduling more appointments...