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Treatment of sewage relies heavily on biological activity. Many factors affect digestion, including temperature, retention time and pH. Microbial activity doubles every...

Many of the customers Schulteis Pumping serves in and around Slinger, Wisconsin, own homes with very large septic or holding tanks. And...

Earlier this year, Pumper magazine reported on a trio of high schoolers who designed and built their own septic pumping tool. Now,...

Tree roots are like miniature excavators — they'll move anything they can to accomplish their task. In their endless search for water,...

It’s vitally important that online search engine users be able to find your company. Simply put, this is how most consumers make...

Service clubs have gained a bit of a reputation for being old and stuffy. But don’t write off this great American tradition...

The park district on Vashon Island, directly across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington, has discovered that an historic home it has rented out...

It can take years of saving before a septic business has the funds on hand to buy the new truck or piece...

Kenney named Franklin Electric president Franklin Electric appointed Donald Kenney as president, North America Water Systems. He is responsible for all aspects of...

“This is stupid! I’m so frustrated! I’m just about ready to shut down my business!”How many pumpers have thought this, in frustration,...

The popular, lightweight Gen-Eye POD video inspection systems from General Pipe Cleaners now offer optional Wi-Fi capability.The optional Wi-Fi transmitter inside the...

It took a few phone calls from local reporters to get the city of Tampa, Florida, to clean up 20,000 gallons of...

One major component of onsite system management is providing the ability to assess whether the soil treatment area or drainfield is accepting the...

Vactor Mattracks 400 Series track conversion system The extreme-terrain configuration of the Vactor HXX Paradigm features a Mattracks 400 Series rubber track conversion...

Expanding your pumping services sometimes means modifying how you spec out your pump truck. Just ask Eric Zuech, owner of Zuech’s Environmental...

Trees don’t ask for much — soil, water, sunlight. And they provide a wealth of benefits: They improve the air you breathe,...

The International Code Council and National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association announced an agreement to co-publish the International Private Sewage Disposal Code. The IPSDC...

When I started working in the industry, about the only time you saw a pressure distribution system was in the bed of...

When David Knight got back into the pumping business in 2011, he brought a customer service philosophy that had been instilled into...