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They’d been pumping the latrine for hours — detaching the hose, unclogging it and restarting the truck’s vacuum over and over again....

Installing septic systems is a big piece of the revenue pie at Big Bore Drilling Certified Septic and Hydroflushing in Fresno, California....

My 17-year-old son recently opened a checking account. He rolled his eyes and shook his head “no” when the bank teller asked...

Sooner or later, contractors who rigorously inspect their jetter hoses will discover a nick or cut that requires a repair. While taking...

When Fiedler’s Your Pumping Specialists purchased a Landa hot-water jetter, the timing couldn’t have been better. Owners Ted Popp and Jeff and...

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...