​A Pumping Legacy: Carrying on a Family Tradition of Success

First profiled by Pumper magazine in November of 2008, Brown Septic in Del Norte, Colorado, has nearly doubled its staff and increased business by 50 percent in the last decade. New owner Keith Brown, son of founders Leonard and Cindi Brown, is determined to continue that trajectory of steady growth. Keith Brown and his wife, Kayla, took the helm of the family company in March 2017, after about a year of planning. Instead of buying outright, they set up a payment plan over time. Keeping it in the family Before Leonard Brown’s semiretirement, he ran the pumping arm of this