Careful personal attention to customer issues has driven the service Pete Couty provides from his pumping company in Newcastle, Wash. He will...
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Editorial
Be the Swiss Army Knife of Pumpers
It stands to reason that a broader professional skill set will yield more revenue from more customers – and better yet –...
Blogs
A pumper takes up painting. Her canvas? The side of a septic tank.
She was no artist, but Marg Gale, of Gale’s Septic in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, picked up a paintbrush one day and...
Blogs
Should the Amish receive an exemption from septic system rules?
A battle has been brewing for some time in Indiana over whether communities of Amish people can build their own septic systems...
Online Exclusives
Troubleshooting: Excessive Corrosion Around the Outlet Baffle
Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...
Blogs
No pumper wants to be called to this unthinkable job
I’m sure Manassas, Va., based pumping company AITS Septic Service was not eager to get the call Tuesday to pump out a...
Online Exclusives
Vermeer introduces new pedestrian trencher for rental industry
Vermeer has introduced a new model into its popular pedestrian trencher product line. The RTX250 is a rubber-tracked, steerable pedestrian trencher that...
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Telescoping ramp gangways from GREEN Access & Fall Protection improve safety
GREEN Access & Fall Protection, an industry access and fall protection equipment manufacturer for tank trucks and rail cars, announced that its...
Blogs
Sinkhole? No, it appears to be an improperly abandoned septic tank.
Authorities in Ruskin, Florida, were concerned with a backyard depression this week, fearing it was a dangerous sinkhole like the one in...
Editorial
Lending a Fiscal Hand
When a lake homeowners association and a watershed district in Stearns County, Minn., suspected failing septic systems were affecting local water quality,...
Editorial
Consider an Employee Handbook
Microsoft, General Motors and IBM have long recognized the virtues of having an employee handbook. What works for the big-timeoperators can work...
Online Exclusives
Advantage PressurePro announces updated Sensor Seal technology
Advantage PressurePro, a tire pressure monitoring systems company, continues to advance TPMS technology and offerings with the latest reveal of their updated...
Editorial
It's Go Time
In most parts of the country, pumpers are embarking on the busy season right about now. The snow has retreated and the...
Online Exclusives
Rooter-Man named #1 plumbing franchise
Rooter-Man, a national plumbing and drain cleaning franchise, has been ranked the #1 plumbing franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the 11th consecutive...
Online Exclusives
Infiltrator Systems receives Chairman’s Award for plastic waste recycling
Recognizing the Infiltrator Systems’ extensive waste plastic recycling program, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) presented the company with the Chairman’s Award...
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Webasto introduces digital SmarTemp Control
Webasto Thermo & Comfort North America, a world leader in engine-off vehicle heating equipment, officially unveiled its new SmarTemp digital bunk thermostat....
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SJE-Rhombus named Silver ESOP Award winner
SJE-Rhombus has been named a Silver ESOP Award winner by The ESOP Association. The Silver ESOP Awards recognize companies for their work...






