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Do You Qualify for the Employee Retention Tax Credit?
Most people remember the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a particularly uncertain time. Many of us felt unsettled not just...
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3 Things to Know About Scouring Velocity
A reader sent in some great questions regarding scouring velocity in pressurized systems.
“What is your understanding of scouring velocity?”
Scouring velocity is meant...
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Embracing Environmental Justice as a Septic Installer
To some people the term environmental justice is confusing and unclear as to its origins and goals. At its core, environmental justice...
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Beyond the Signing Bonus: Cultivating Genuine Interest in Trades
Every employer in the country has a hard time finding and keeping employees.The post-pandemic workforce is sluggishly crawling back to conventional employment....
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Avoid Digging Deep When Designing Drainfields
A while back an installer we have worked with sent soil pictures to interpret with the comments that when he dug up an...
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Industry Veterans Share Tips for Pumpers Facing Septic Disposal Challenges
The disposal of septage is a constant challenge for septic pumping companies, often accompanied by a quagmire of regulations and logistical headaches....
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Managing Customer Expectations: Make Your Onsite Customers Happy in Advance
Your customer just spent the last 25 years perfecting their landscaping, spending thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours working on every...
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Methods for Entering a Drain System
When responding to a drain service call, one of the first things you’ll have to determine is how you’ll be accessing the...
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Top System Plan Drawing Software for Onsite Installers
When it comes time to draw onsite system plans and site plans for soil tests, the method many of us have used...
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Understand the Connection Between Emotions and Consumer Choices
It is no secret in the financial industry that sentiment plays a huge part in whether customers will invest or not. In...
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Veteran Support and Community Service Drive Mississippi Pumper
Helping veterans, contributing to his community and physical fitness are values dear to Steve Melton’s heart. He and his wife Robin are...
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Choosing the Right Trench Cover to Halt Migration of Fines
An installer asked: Do you know of any studies comparing use of straw/hay, building paper and geotextile fabrics in terms of their ability...
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Consistent Equipment Maintenance Should Be a Business Tenet
Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you.
Many times after a long day or week, we forget that...
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How to Pick Great Team Leaders
Few things will doom a project faster than poor leadership. Without a respected captain at the helm, teams can easily be riven...
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How to Choose the Right Float Switch for Your Septic Pump
There was a day when you ordered a pump and you said, “and a float switch.” How times have changed. Now you...
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How Employee Recognition Programs Can Stop the Worker Exodus
For more than a year now, approximately 4 million American workers a month have left their jobs — that’s nearly 49 million...
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Responding to Customers Quickly is Imperative
I call it the 10-minute window.
That's the time you have to respond to a phone call from a customer to ensure you...
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Before the Excavator Moves, Have an Erosion Control Plan
In the last decade or two there has been an increased interest and focus on erosion and sediment control on construction sites...

























