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How To Prepare Onsite Systems for Winter
You probably get this question a lot from homeowners as temperatures drop in the northern states: “Are there things I need to...
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Calling All Basement Brewers and Beer Aficionados
Beer. It’s what you settle down with after a hard day of work. It’s how you celebrate the weekend. This year, we’re doing...
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Encourage Customers to Participate in Giving Tuesday – And Look Classy Doing It
Are you horrified by those images of mayhem as people seem to completely lose it during the Black Friday, post-Thanksgiving Day sales?Giving...
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Rules and Regs: FTC Rules Against False Advertising for 'Flushable' Wipes
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order that requires Nice-Pak Products to stop advertising that its moist tissue and...
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Product News: Nov. 19
Water Cannon poly drive pressure washers
Poly drive pressure washers from Water Cannon are made for commercial and industrial cleaning applications. Features include...
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Time to Winterize: 11 Tips to Get You Through the Winter
The cold, hard truth is: Winter is coming. In some areas, it may have already arrived. Are you ready? And are your...
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This Pumper Never Misses a WWETT Show
The Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show didn’t exist in 1972 when Dick Mottolo got started in the business...
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What Type of Employee Compensation Works for Your Company?
Years ago, 40-year septic industry veteran Tom McLaughlin, owner of Metro-Rooter Plumbing Service in Jacksonville, Florida, used to pay his employees by...
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Don’t Miss These 3 Tips in the November Issue
There are way more than three useful articles in the November issue of Pumper but these are three helpful tips that encompass...
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Strategic Equipment Purchases Entice Workers
Truck drivers carrying CDLs in North Dakota are typically attracted to high-paying jobs in the oilfields, so attracting them to a pumping...
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Growing Your Pumping Business in a Tough Economy
Robb Barnes, owner of King’s Pumping Service in Dallas, Oregon, was a teacher (biology and health) and customer service manager before entering...
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What Are the Keys to Customer Service?
This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place at the Pumper Discussion Forum, an online forum for industry professionals found...
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14 Tips For Building Employee Satisfaction
Aleader’s primary function is to help employees develop a strong belief in the mission of the company and the importance of their...
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Survival Tips: Navigating Small-Business Ups And Downs
Family-owned Rhode Island Septic Services (RISS) has seen three generations of boom and bust economic cycles since the company was founded in...
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Tech Tips For Diluting Pharmaceuticals In Wastewater
QUESTION: How well do our systems treat pharmaceuticals and other contaminants?ANSWER: I hear this question often during workshops, and it will be...
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Should You Drug Test?
When your name is on the trucks and on the door, you don’t want anyone – especially an employee – tarnishing your...













