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Communication turns a group of workers into an organized crew. Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to...

Bio-Microbics wins i-NOVO award Bio-Microbics announced it won the DirectIndustry 2017 i-NOVO Award for its BioBarrier GWMBR Greywater Treatment System. It was voted...

Last year I was manning a booth at an industry trade show when I saw an attendee frantically circling the General Pipe Cleaners Speedrooter...

When you don’t get what you want, what do you do? You make it yourself. That’s what Todd Boomhower, president of Boomhower...

In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range....

On Jan. 1, new regulations took effect in Arizona that expand the use of reclaimed water to meet various demands including, under...

Southwest Medical Center in Lawton, Oklahoma, faced a serious problem. One of the facility’s kitchens experienced almost daily drain line stoppages. And the...

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions that help us live healthier lives — working out more regularly or maintaining a more...

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

The right knowledge, skills and experience is crucial to success in the onsite installation business, but all the expertise in the world...

Vacuum truck and sewer cleaning industry leader John “Jack” Leary Doheny, founder of Jack Doheny Cos., passed away Jan. 1 at his...

The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...

If you’re using a blog on your website to promote your septic pumping business, competition is heating up — not from competitor blogs,...

Promotion is paramount in the portable sanitation business — and for Northern Disposal & Sanitation of Katrine, Ontario, the owners have put their...

For JT’s Septic of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona, the economic downturn a decade ago was a chance to reinvent the company and focus its...

Every now and then, I see an ad on a local Craigslist website recruiting for a septic service or portable sanitation technician....

In 1957, Warren Plummer opened up Plummer’s Septic Tank in Wyoming, Michigan, following in his father’s footsteps. Over the years, as the...

Does your small business have a customer service problem? Too often, business owners or managers recognize they have a service issue, yet...

Because it contains 12 percent of the country’s people, California sets standards in many ways. Now, it will work on a standard...