When Alex Rodriguez started California-based FarWest Sanitation & Storage in 1994, it was a one-truck operation. The company has enjoyed long periods...
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What Should You Plant Over the Septic System?
Making your daily pumping rounds, you’ve witnessed the myriad of ways homeowners sabotage their septic systems through poor landscaping or other uninformed...
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Small-Business Ownership is Better the Second Time Around
In 2006, Scott Hess faced a moment of truth when he realized his life just wasn’t going the way he wanted. He...
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8 Tips For Creating Trustworthy Testimonials
Testimonials are the heart of any good marketing message. As marketing expert Dan Kennedy once said, “Without testimonials, you don’t have a...
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Rhode Island Continues Effort to Shut Down Remaining Cesspools
Removing existing cesspools from service after a property is sold is among the changes to onsite wastewater rules to be considered in...
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Think Twice Before Borrowing Money From Relatives
So it’s time to get a new truck.
“And it’s only $120,000,” you whisper to yourself when you’ve pulled all the information together.Unless...
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VIP Restroom Trailers Need Tender Loving Care
It’s not unusual for pumpers interested in diversifying their business base to branch out into portable restroom rentals. But Roman Schmidt says...
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Make Sure the Septic Tank is Safe and Sound
I n the past few months, there have been articles and news reports from various parts of the country about homeowners falling...
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Wastewater Contractors and Regulators Make a Strong Team
Nearly 20 years ago, the provincial agency Nova Scotia Environment decided it needed help from the private sector to properly regulate the...
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Classy Truck Of The Month - April 2016
Owner Robert Markos bought an over-the-road 2006 W-900 Kenworth semitractor and had it converted into a vacuum truck by Marsh Industrial, adding...
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Classy Truck Of The Month - April 2016
Owner Gene Wiehr added an all-white 2005 Freightliner M2 service truck built out by KeeVac Industries with a 2,300-gallon steel tank and...
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Wastewater Association Planning Many Training Seminars
2016 NOWRA Mega ConferenceThe National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT) will conduct a sequence of seminar tracks regarding each technology at the...
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ScreenCo Systems Folding Tripod Lifter Aims To Prevent Workplace Injury
The Folding Tripod Lifter from ScreenCo Systems easily lifts stubborn and heavy septic and pump chamber lids.“Basically, it comes down to safety,”...
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Waterjetting 101: Nozzle KnowledgeUnderstanding nozzles and how they work is a key step to cleaning a line successfully and efficiently. Knowing the...
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The Key to Building Revenue: Diversify Your Wastewater Services
Pumping was a sideline project for William Clark, something his Abbey’s Septic Service provided just for the Canadian hamlet of Bethany, Ontario....
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Do-It-Yourself Inspections: Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish
The spokeswoman on Washington state’s Septics 201 video has a perky, upbeat delivery as she trains homeowners to become qualified onsite system...
