The National Association of Wastewater Technicians is working to bring the long-established and sought-after NAWT Inspector Training Course to the 2017 Water...
Editorial Articles
Displaying results 1559-1577 of 3368
Editorial
They Bought a Treatment Plant, then Started Pumping Operations
In 2001, Jeff Johnson started Johnson Johns & Septic Service out of necessity more than anything. A few years prior he had...
Editorial
No New Taxes? This One May Make Sense
King County, including the Greater Seattle area in Washington state, recently floated a proposal to add an annual fee of about $35...
Editorial
Systemize Equipment and Training to Win Big
Aseries of acquisitions, coupled with an emphasis on customer service, professionalism and equipment standardization, has helped growth-minded Northeast Sanitation emerge over the...
Editorial
Get Out and Sell Using Circus Advance Man Tactics
Amarketer recently wrote, “In the age of Facebook and Twitter, the winners will be those who know how to work the phone.”...
Editorial
Few Take Advantage of Cesspool Replacement Tax Credits in Hawaii
Only 11 applications were received by the Hawaii Department of Health in the first two months of a tax credit program to...
Editorial
Should You Consider Charging By the Hour?
Do you get stung by the septic service industry’s standard practice of offering flat-rate pricing for the work you perform? You quote...
Editorial
Urban Pumpers Pay a Price for Homelessness
If you have visited the nation’s capital, there is a sight you may not have expected to see while touring monuments, government...
Editorial
The EarthBuster’s Shot of Air Aims to Rejuvenate Drainfields
Ken Miller was introduced to the EarthBuster a decade ago. At that time, the deep-soil decompactor tool was sold under a different...
Editorial
Beware of Wide Beds in Mound Systems
I have noticed in a number of recent articles that the onsite sewage treatment industry is moving toward very wide beds in...
Editorial
The Axiom is True: It All Rolls Downhill
Recently someone posed this question: My local regulator says I need to do a landscape and slope analysis when I design a...
Editorial
Dwindling Dump Sites are Troubling in New Hampshire
The issues haven’t changed much since the New Hampshire Association of Septage Haulers (NHASH) was formed in 1981: disposal options, fees, and...
Editorial
Classy Truck of the Month - October 2016
Wm. P. McGovern added a 2013 Peterbilt 338 truck from Vacuum Sales with a 4,600-gallon steel tank and Fruitland RFC 500 pump....
Editorial
Classy Truck of the Month - October 2016
Nathan Hill submitted a 2016 Mack Granite GU533 with a 4,400-gallon aluminum tank and National Vacuum Equipment 4307 blower (with silencer and...
Editorial
OCOR Multiple Segment Lobe Pump Delivers Continuous Flow and High Pressure
The Multiple Segment Lobe Pump from Ocor Corporation is a positive displacement helical lobe pump that delivers continuous flow and high pressure...


















