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The Water Environment Research Foundation, or WERF, funded research that identified business characteristics common among 15 successful Responsible Management Entities, or RMEs....

The Bio-Box biodiesel fuel factory from Pacific Natural Energy Corp. enables pumpers to economically make fuel from things they’d normally pay to...

Question:I have occasionally had problems with homeowners complaining about getting odors now and then caused by their septic system. I have read...

A Virginia law requiring mandatory maintenance for all alternative onsite systems goes into effect July 1, 2009. According to K.R. “Trapper” Davis...

Veteran septic-waste pumper Steve Ziegler has a bit of advice for business owners who want to pass along a family-owned company to...

If ever there was an industry whose personnel fit the description in Bon Jovi’s song Wanted Dead or Alive, it’s the septic...

The jaws of more than one vacuum truck driver, not to mention just about anyone else who depends on diesel-powered equipment and...

The customer won’t pay. What now?Question:It finally happened. I am dealing with a customer who hasn’t paid his bill. I have been...

You would think there wouldn’t be a need for recession planning. We should see the economic slowdowns coming. The constant wave of...

Federal Signal Expands Guzzler, Vactor Facilities Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group is adding 60,000 square feet to its 175,000-square-foot Guzzler and Vactor...

A year ago, in the September issue of Pumper, I suggested adding industrial vacuum loading services for contractors whose traditional residential work...

Separately, love and business are two of life’s greatest challenges. What happens when you weave them together? The possibilities run the gamut...

If you own a business, there’s much more to the U.S. government’s economic stimulus program than the check you received in the...

An ordinary morning pumping septic tanks ended in an amazing survival story for Bruce Crank, owner of Bayou Septic Tank Service in...

More than 20 drivers participated in a Russell Reid/Mr. John Truck Rodeo and Family Picnic this spring. The rodeo was organized by...

Anyone familiar with the time value of money knows that even small amounts, when compounded over long periods, can generate thousands, or...

Should I take on grease trap jobs?Question:A couple of the local restaurants in our small community have approached us regarding pumping...