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Removing non-biodegradable materials from septage and hydro-excavating waste is a key concern for pumpers who face ever-rising disposal fees and transportation costs....

Hampel Names Bamberg Vice President Dave Bamberg has been named vice president of business development for the portable sanitation division of Hampel...

NATION: Groups Renew Commitment to Effective Water ManagementWastewater trade groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with 13 water quality organizations,...

This big red vacuum service truck makes a real statement rolling down the road for Kerkstra Septic Tank Cleaning Inc. The...

Spring is coming, and it’s a good time to get out in the yard and perform a tire quality inventory on your...

Question:One of your columns in Pumper related to serial distribution. Why is serial distribution better than parallel distribution? My understanding of serial...

The troubled Grand Traverse County septage plant will lose about $3.4 million by 2014, according to an independent accounting and engineering study...

The success of its video contest on the importance of onsite system maintenance has the New Hampshire Estuaries Project in Durham, N.H.,...

A creative approach to all aspects of a small business — from developing an image that customers will remember to finding novel...

Mandie Hagan would have made her father very proud. In the seven years since Dickie Rowell’s untimely death, Hagan, her husband, Ian,...

With a lagging economy throughout 2008, burgeoning inflation and a tightening credit market, it’s no surprise that pumpers asked to gaze into...

How do you handle buried lids?Question:What is the general feeling about septic tank pumpers doing the digging for access to the customer’s...

SAVE, MARKET, AND BUY WISELYNAWT is developing important member benefits, and the three current ones are the 401(k) program, business marketing on...

A healthy business generates cash. But what to do with your earnings can be a more challenging question. For too many small...

Dick was ready to pull his hair out. Transferred from the corporate headquarters to a small, out-of-state location, he had done everything...

Call him obsessive about cleanliness — and some people have — but industrial waste hauler Colin Deems has always insisted that drivers...

WORLD: Global Standardization of ToiletsDuring the November 2008 World Toilet Summit, the World Toilet Organization and International Code Council signed a memorandum...

The drivers he passes on Georgia highways between septic pumping jobs may be surprised at what Rodney Upton is listening to in...