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Maybe you’re weighing the pros and cons of hiring your first employee. Maybe you’ve had employees for years and have been handling...

Back in the mid-1940s when Bob Overbey started his company, Overbey’s Septic Tank Service in McLeansville, North Carolina, it was primarily a...

Considering the changing demographics and diverse customer base for Johnson Johns & Septic Service, it’s important for the company to emphasize customer...

If a tank is operating properly, solids are retained and take up increasingly more volume. At some time they must be removed....

If you were in business 10 years ago, recall what that business looked like. Did you have less equipment? Different equipment? In...

When it comes to dealing with odors at septage disposal facilities, biofilters are often the way to go.Biofilters are cost-effective and operators...

When a newcomer to the septic industry contacted him around 30 years ago asking about starting out in the business, Larry Garner...

There’s one thing operators of septage disposal facilities cannot forget about: odor.While that may sound obvious, many operators have so much on...

“Few things are more powerful as a teaching tool than the example of success.”That’s what Tom McLaughlin, longtime owner of Metro-Rooter in...

When the winter season is approaching, pumpers should remember the Boy Scout motto: “Be prepared.”That’s what several pumpers in regions with long...

Advertising revenue for newspapers has been on the decline for years, while social media seems to have taken over the world. You’ve...

A “quat” is a shorthand term for a type of chemical known as a quaternary ammonium compound. Put in the simplest terms, a quat is...

Buying out smaller companies has been Bill McGovern’s go-to growth method since starting his septic service business Wm. P. McGovern Inc. in...

Eight years ago, Smiths Creek Landfill in St. Clair County, Michigan, was searching for a source for its bioreactor landfill project. At...

Finding work in the first place can be hard enough. Then, devoting the resources to actually performing the work is often no...

One of the secrets to keeping your employees engaged and productive is providing them with regular feedback. Believe it or not, employees...

You’ve been using floor jacks and jack stands to work on your trucks and equipment. Tired of squeezing beneath vehicles, you’re thinking...

The owner of a very large septic pumping company in Florida has been planning for this day to come: the day that the state...

You don’t have to be a marketer or even especially tech savvy to understand the importance of Google’s search engine results pages...