Some sad news came out of York County, Pennsylvania, April 30, as it was reported that a head-on collision between a utility...
General
Displaying results 681-697 of 1853
Online Exclusives
Rules & Regs: Jacksonville Had Longstanding Problem With Septic Lids, Investigators Say
An investigator’s report shows the Florida septic tank where a small boy died last year was not secured as it should have...
Online Exclusives
Weekly Flush: Septic Tank Failure at Slaughterhouse May Have Caused E. Coli Outbreak
A septic tank failure at a slaughterhouse in Grainger County, Tennessee, that recently was raided by federal agents could be the source...
Online Exclusives
Weekly Flush: Trainloads of Waste Are Stranded, Causing a Big Stink in a Small Alabama Town
A train full of biosolids is causing quite a stink in a small Alabama town. As many as 250 containers, or around...
Blogs
Small is the Next Big Thing - Part 2
High-pressure water jetters come in all shapes and sizes. There are massive trailer jetters with huge water tanks that blast out 4,000...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Pumper Arrested for History of Illegal Dumping
Santa Rosa, California, police arrested a man on suspicion of illegally dumping waste from septic tanks.
Carlos Chavez, 63, of Petaluma is suspected...
Blogs
Small is the Next Big Thing - Part 1
Since the debut of high-pressure water jetters over 30 years ago, it's fair to say that they've revolutionized the drain cleaning industry....
Online Exclusives
This Ohio Company Has a Classy Fleet of Trucks
In the excavating business since 2003, Chad Werab of Atwater, Ohio, knows a thing or two about trucks. And when he bought...
Online Exclusives
Industry News: February 2018
Parent company of Liberty Financial division of Navitas Credit Corp. signs merger agreement
The parent company of Liberty Financial division of Navitas Credit...
Online Exclusives
Leadership Means More in Sanitation
What does it mean to be a leader? Can you become a leader, or are certain natural skills needed in order to...
Videos
Imperial Industries Builds Pumper’s 2017 Classy Truck of the Year
Henry Damm of Big Bore Drilling in Fresno, California, wasn’t in the market for a new truck until he needed a replacement truck after...
Editorial
A Quality Crew and an Effective Disposal Plan, an Ohio Family Pumping Company Is Poised for Growth
If you buy a race car that has been a winner on the circuit, you don’t tear the engine apart. You upgrade...
Editorial
7 Keys to Small-Business Longevity
Everyone who starts or leads a business dreams of passing it along to the next generation. But few are successful in making...
Editorial
Control Your Equipment Costs With a Fleet Replacement Plan
When Jeff Corbin was hired in June 2016 as the director of maintenance and fleet operations at Mahoney Environmental, the company’s senior-leadership...
Editorial
Do You Still Pump Through Inspection Ports? Knock It Off!
Is it standard practice to pump a septic tank through the inspection port?Every so often I get jolted back to reality. This...
Editorial
Classy Truck - February 2018
Hoss Campbell added this lipstick red 2014 Freightliner with a 2,500-gallon tank and Masport H20W pump built out by Abernethy Welding &...
Online Exclusives
10 Ways to Build a Better Workplace
In many areas of the country, the labor market is tight. Help wanted signs seem to be popping up everywhere. And younger...














