Although the business name has changed several times and spanned three generations of the Feikema family since 1956, one thing has remained...
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Which Distribution System Is Best: Trenches vs. Seepage Beds
Below-grade systems are constructed in original soil with distribution of effluent occurring below the soil surface. In below-grade systems, the soil treatment...
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3 Steps to Improve Your Networking Game
Networking is kind of like going to the dentist. You know you have to do it and everyone tells you that you...
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Weekly Flush: Man Sets Fire to Grandmother's Trailer, Hides in Septic Tank
Did you hear the one about the guy who set fire to his grandmother’s trailer home and hid from police in her...
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Marketing Efforts Are Worthless Without Strong Customer Service
With Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Local Services, and the myriad marketing avenues and options out there, it’s easy to get caught...
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Rules & Regs: New Farm Bill Offers Grant Money for Installers
Editor's Note: This article was updated Dec. 27 to reflect changes in the story about Michigan's septic code, as a proposed bill...
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Brawny Jetter Packs a Punch to Break Up Tough Blockages
A two-building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, office complex suffered constant sewer line backups. Local topography forced the facility’s new 300-foot sewer line into an...
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Does Adding Yeast Improve Septic System Functioning?
What is yeast? Yeast are actually single-celled fungi, so they are similar to edible mushrooms, common baker’s yeast to leaven bread, and...
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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...
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6 Things to Consider Before You Jet a Pipe
High-pressure water cleaning systems have become the tool of choice for many drain cleaning professionals because of their effectiveness in dealing with...
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9 Things You Can Do Right Now to Cut Company Costs
The best get-rich-quick schemes drop the last of those three words. If you want to add to your bottom line, don’t go...
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Pumper's Top 10 Stories of 2018
Entry 288610As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the top stories on www.pumper.com. If...
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Weekly Flush: Amari Harley's Family Sues City of Jacksonville for Negligence
The family of Amari Harley — the 3-year-old boy who died after falling into an unsecured septic tank at a Jacksonville, Florida,...
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Gen-Eye Micro-Scope2 Offers Small-Line Inspection in a Flash
General Pipe Cleaners new Gen-Eye Micro-Scope2 sports a powerful new command module with a bigger monitor and USB port to record video...
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Don’t Be a Business Owner Who Wastes Employees’ Time
You've heard the phrase, “time is money.” For pumpers, that is often true in a very literal way. They can only serve...
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Looking for Something? Take the Guesswork Out of Septic System Inspections
Diagnosing septic tank problems on some of the older properties in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, is tricky work. And anything that takes the guesswork...
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GapVax Joins New Dealer to Sponsor Customer in Stock Car Race
A vac truck manufacturer recently got involved in the stock car racing scene. Not to run a truck on the racetrack of course,...
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Industry News: December 2018
GPS Insight integrates with FieldPulseField service software provider FieldPulse partnered with GPS Insight to provide in-depth fleet tracking and fleet management features...
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How Your Potential Customer Base Uses Online Reviews
Most business owners are at least aware of the increasing importance of getting online reviews, but the 2017 BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey confirms...






















