Press used to further dewater oily sludgeProblem: Action Environmental of Fort Wayne, Indiana, specializes in the treatment of wastewater from industrial cleaning,...
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How Much Should You Charge for Portable Restroom Service?
One of the hardest decisions for a new portable restroom business is pricing. Charge too little and you are losing money every...
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Rules and Regs: Lodge Manager Learns Historic Home Has No Sanitation System
The park district on Vashon Island, directly across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington, has discovered that an historic home it has rented out...
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Knight Environmental Takes Care of its Customers and Pumping Family
In 2012, David Knight was well on his way toward establishing a successful pumping company despite being only a year into the...
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Jim Ehde Brings a Variety of Services to his Island Hometown
An island would seem too small a service territory for a pumper, but not for Jim Ehde. Grand Island, New York, has...
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Life Outside the Truck is Rich and Rewarding
Most times, I fall asleep with my boots on my feet,” says Leslie Sisson Warren, owner of Sisson’s Pell City Septic Tank...
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Barry Gump, Former President of Andy Gump Temporary Site Services, Dies at 74
Barry Gump, former president of Andy Gump Temporary Site Services, died April 17 at age 74 at his home in Valencia, California....
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An Ohio Pumping Company Relies on a Youth Movement for Growth
After many years in business, Tim and Patty Hack — the owners of Tidy Tim’s Inc. in Mount Gilead, Ohio — found...
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Load ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em Out
Welcome to one of our 2017 issues of Pumper, dedicated to a portable restroom service theme. April is a critical month for...
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Make Sure to Give Customers What They Need!
In 1990, Mike and Audrey Stancil bought a struggling septic service company in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and then built it up to...
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On-Time Delivery Wins in the Film and Television Industry
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Cal-State Site Services plays a role in television shows and feature films shot in Hollywood....
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Portable Sanitation and Special Events
Color-keyed padlocks secure portable restrooms against paper theftProblem: Nearly 20 years ago, a southeast Georgia portable restroom operator faced additional instances of...
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Surco suppresses odors with Metazene additive
The wastewater industry comes with more than its fair share of lingering odors. Foul-smelling facilities can leave business owners with foul-tempered customers....
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Make Your Special-Events Service Something Special
What impresses people most at a wedding or special event — decorations, food, music, drinks? The restrooms don’t usually make the list...
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Break Into the Wedding Market With a Restroom Trailer
An old axiom says a business must spend money to make money. A good example is the restroom trailer purchased by Tidy...
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Building a Business: North Carolina Pumper Assembles His Own Trucks
Mike Stancil puts his experience building trucks to good use. To date, he's assembled 17 vehicles — including vacuum trucks — for his septic...
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Rules and Regs: Maryland Considers Return of Best-Technology Rule
The state that surrounds most of Chesapeake Bay, where struggles over water quality have occupied public attention for several years, may revive...
