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Your business is humming along when one day you get the news that a key supplier — or perhaps one of your...

In mid-2016, James Penner, the owner of AA Septic Service in Clayton, Indiana, was heading back to the shop on a rural...

Is household water use decreasing?A couple of months ago, I read an interesting article in Pumper that referred to a study on...

It’s an age-old question in the world of trucking: Should I buy new tires or consider retreads?First, I should explain what a...

Name and title or job description: Shawn Chilton, owner, and Jason Jones, project managerBusiness name and location: All Clear Pumping & Sewer,...

Owners Ted Popp and Jeff and Cindy Tiemann added this red 2013 Kenworth T800 with a 3,700-gallon stainless steel tank and Battioni...

One of the best ways to market your portable restroom business is to make sure units in use at high-attendance special events...

For JT’s Septic of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona, an array of five camera inspection systems is the equipment the company simply can’t do without....

In the not-too-distant past, hiring bonuses — also called signing bonuses or sign-on bonuses — were only mentioned in reference to elite...

Tom Doheny, owner of Doheny's Equipment and Supplies in Island Lake, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Nov. 17. He was well-known for his 30-plus...

Wastewater industry pioneer LaVerne Charlet passed away Dec. 20 in Paducah, Kentucky. He was 83. Charlet was a manufacturer, marketer, and innovator...

Richard Plummer, owner of Plummer’s Waste Group in Wyoming, Michigan, is a big believer in formal classes for his 48 employees. Most...

As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the top stories on pumper.com. If you...

Trident Processes receives 2018 Canadian Business Excellence Award Trident Processes received the Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Businesses, given annually to 25 private businesses...

A United Nations official recently visited Alabama’s Black Belt to report on poverty and claimed the area’s sewage disposal problems are the worst...