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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency drafted a general NPDES permit to set water quality and management standards for direct discharge from 1,500-gpd buried or recirculating sand filters, waste stabilization ponds, and aerobic treatment plants listed by NSF for Class I effluent.

Digital strategy consultant James Davidson shares tips to rev up your small business Internet presence AND attract more customers.

Multiple bouts with cancer and a wild economic ride can’t keep hardworking Colorado pumpers Kevin and Cindy Sullivan down.

Michigan’s Pump That Septic aggressively markets to spur growth and educate consumers.

Hourly, salary or commissions: Pumping contractors explain how they compensate the workforce.

To protect against calamities that could cripple or ruin your business, consider insurance that goes beyond the obvious coverage.

Now that every worker has a phone glued to his or her hip, consider practical constraints your company should put on rampant usage.

When there are too many competitors and not enough work orders to go around, company owners can lose their focus and make business-busting decisions.

If your company has an outdated or unsophisticated website, it’s understandable … It’s easy to justify putting off improving your website if you’re busy making money pumping tanks or servicing portable restrooms.

Pump That Septic/Dig-It Excavating is profiled in the March issue of Pumper Magazine.