Loss of Land Spreading Affects Florida Pumpers

The owner of a very large septic pumping company in Florida has been planning for this day to come: the day that the state ban on land application of septic tank waste goes into effect. That day arrives June 30, and Metro-Rooter Plumbing Service owner Tom McLaughlin has been preparing for years.“When they started making these kind of noises a few years ago about stopping the land spreading, we took it seriously,” says McLaughlin, who has been in business almost 40 years.“We’re going to adjust,” he says. “We are attempting to up the amount of waste that we can deal with at