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Seeing the opportunity to fill a niche — then accepting the risk and starting a business in 1992 — took Kelly Conger...

Thanks to a combination of gritty determination, innovation and a continuous focus on top-notch customer service, Tony Papania’s business — Rosey’s Tank...

Ontario has two million septic tanks. In 2002, the provincial government passed a Nutrient Management Act, or NMA, forbidding the spreading of...

The Department of Envi-ronmental Protection concluded that sewers in Old Saybrook, Conn., were polluting the groundwater. Town officials and members of the...

Q: The method I and many other installers use to install leach lines is to suspend perforated pipe prior to installing rock,...

Measuring flowsAn article by Albert Royster in the May/June Florida Onsite Wastewater Association newsletter states that flow measurement may hint if hydraulic...

The new centrifuge dewatering systems from Centrisys Corp. produce a high percentage of “cake” that results in lower transportation and disposal costs,...

With a number of pumpers moving into industrial vacuum loading for diversification, more big vacuum rigs are being purchased. Along with these...

Can I pump from one truck to another?Question:I have a 3,500-gallon vacuum truck and a 1,500-gallon vacuum truck. I always fill the...

If you’ve ever read an investment analyst’s report on a stock, you’ve probably seen references to various calculations that the writer used...

Alex Townsend, manager of regional sales and marketing at the Washington, D.C., office of A Royal Flush, has worked the New York...

WISCONSINThe Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association Summer Convention is Aug. 22-23 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. Events include roundtable...

Ferdinand Yeska’s family tree reads like the history of modern sanitation, beginning in 1909 when he emigrated from Poland to Nazareth, Pa....

Central Wisconsin and communities along Lake Michigan’s shoreline experienced a building boom from the 1970s to 1990s. Steel septic and holding tanks,...

New Zealand-based Pete’s Takeaways Ltd. is on an island in more ways than one. The liquid waste hauling company is surrounded by...

Competition for new customers is keen for pumpers these days, with a sluggish economy encouraging homeowners to put off regular maintenance and...

The Nebraska legislature approved an interim study resolution to examine the Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act, and...

When I meet pumpers for the first time, we’re usually focused on important industry-related issues, like septage disposal costs, vacuum truck features...

United Site Services Inc. has acquired Texas Pride Portable Toilets LLC of Denton, Texas. The acquisition is the third for USS in...