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Oil spill containment company increases efficiency with vacuum excavatorsProblem: Carol Van Zandt, owner of VZ Environmental, was challenged by a customer to...

A few years after Dirk Feikema bought Wesley Feikema & Son Sanitation Services from his father in 2006, he changed the name...

A few months ago, we lived through another bitter and partisan election cycle. The nasty attack ads blanketing the airwaves, the 24-hour...

Located in a village of 1,100 people in cottage country in central Ontario, Total Site Services has had to diversify and expand...

Most of us like to be thanked, especially when the sentiment is sincere. For that reason, “thank you” is one of the...

Last year, two bills were introduced into the Michigan Legislature with the intent of establishing a statewide code for onsite wastewater systems....

There are several essentials in your wastewater business — skilled workers, appropriate licenses, a sharp front office staff. And then there’s your...

As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he...

There’s nothing that unwinds Josh Campbell more than the distinctive Johnny Pop putt-putt sound of an old two-cylinder John Deere tractor and...

Recently I answered a question from prospective homeowners moving into a house served by a septic system. They indicated that in their...

Name and title or job description: Ned Lang, president Business name and location: Enviroventures, Narrowsburg, New York, and 10 Roto-Rooter franchises in the...

Todd Wolfer added this 2012 International WorkStar with a Pik Rite 4,100-gallon waste and 100-gallon freshwater steel tank and MEC800 with auto-lube...

Putting away the vacuum hose following a septic pumping job can be a messy, backbreaking ordeal. Whether wrapped on hooks on the...

Networking is kind of like going to the dentist. You know you have to do it and everyone tells you that you...

Did you hear the one about the guy who set fire to his grandmother’s trailer home and hid from police in her...

With Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Local Services, and the myriad marketing avenues and options out there, it’s easy to get caught...

Editor's Note: This article was updated Dec. 27 to reflect changes in the story about Michigan's septic code, as a proposed bill...

A two-building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, office complex suffered constant sewer line backups. Local topography forced the facility’s new 300-foot sewer line into an...