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Few small-business owners enjoy the comforts of total consistency. Usually, business comes in cycles. You’ll have periods where you’re extremely busy and it’s...

The sweltering heat of summer is upon us. For pumpers working out in the field, hot days can be both exhausting and...

There’s still time to register for the 2017 National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT) Waste Treatment Symposium, slated for Aug. 23 and...

Infiltrator Water Technologies partners with Habitat for Humanity Infiltrator Water Technologies has partnered with Habitat for Humanity and will donate 50 septic systems to...

You have probably done many interviews at this point in your career. You post a job ad, find a handful of good...

Can you believe this year is already past the halfway point? Before you know it, you’ll be filing 2017 tax returns. Rather...

Doing the dirty work as a pumper isn’t easy, and it can be a thankless job at times. That’s part of the...

The deliberate dumping of septic tank waste into a stormwater drain recently caused the cancellation of a popular swimming festival in Esquimalt,...

We’ve all done it: downloaded a new app on a smartphone, added new software to a laptop, or purchased something online with...

The federal biosolids rule is contained in 40 CFR Part 503 and is a major focus of the Resource Conservation and Recovery...

Richard and Lynn Gillespie have been busy the past 10 years. Since the last time Pumper magazine spoke to them, they’ve added trucks, employees...

When you’re thinking about how to market your septic services business, you may first think about traditional media sources like print, radio...

View the 2017 Vacuum Tank Directory here!

When 16-year-old Mike Fly stopped into a septic service supply store in 1983 hoping to sell some batteries to owner Bud Sweet,...

Bruce Fox was out in front of the crowd at a National Association of Wastewater Technicians meeting during the WWETT Show accepting...

From uniformed route drivers to gleaming trucks, to a strong focus on educating customers about best practices for maintaining septic systems, it’s...

We’ve all heard the horror stories of great businesses utterly collapsing because the founders were good friends and the relationship turned sour....

Thurston County and the town of Lynden are at opposite ends of Puget Sound, and in the last month both took action...

After years at rock bottom, interest rates are slowly creeping up.They’re still comfortably low — making your borrowing cheap and your savings...