Every septic tank inspection is important to Tim Hack, co-owner of Tidy Tim’s, a septic tank and portable restroom operator in Mount...
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Weekly Flush: Watch These Portable Restrooms Take Flight
Let’s kick off this edition of the Weekly Flush with a viral video believed to have originated out of Commerce City, Colorado....
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12 Ways to Perk up Your Website
Entry 288736A septic pumper's website is everything from a 24/7 customer support center to a sales and marketing tool. Websites make a...
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How to Motivate Seasonal Employees
The temporary employee is a necessary evil in our industry. We desperately need them to take on our routes, clean our restrooms...
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Share Your Favorite Piece of Fatherly Advice
Who doesn’t have some fatherly advice that they think about now and then?
Whether Dad is working by your side, retired by the...
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The Secret to Stress-Free Hiring
They say admitting you have a problem is the first step. So, I admit that I am terrible at hiring people. Generally...
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Watch Out for These Dirty Business Tactics
The internet has made great strides in leveling the playing field for businesses in competition with one other. But as with any...
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Pumper Modifies Tank to Work With Hooklift Trucks
After purchasing a trash container business in 2016, Chad Werab discovered how handy a hooklift truck can be for a variety of...
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Should You Pay for Customer Leads?
Entry 288739When, if ever, should you pay for a customer lead?
There is certainly no shortage of lead-generating services out there — all...
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Kelly Kimes Is the Go-To Guy for Cal-State Site Services
For Kelly Kimes, a service technician at Cal-State Site Services in Simi Valley, California, 2018 started off pretty well. He recently married...
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Weekly Flush: Local Sheriff Pursuing Under-the-Table Septic Services Operator
There are quite a few interesting stories this week in the world of septic news, but we’ll kick off this edition of...
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Rules and Regs: Florida County Considers Septic Moratorium to Curb Pollution
As one solution to reduce pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering...
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This Invoice Format Will Get You Paid Faster
To maintain a healthy cash flow in your business, it’s important to get client invoices paid on time — the sooner the...
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Don't Miss Out — Capitalize on Opportunities for Additional Site Work
Septic work remains the backbone of Miene Septic Service, but the company’s willingness to improvise has opened the door to new opportunities....
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Recruiting Millennials with Wireless Headsets
There are currently approximately 200,000 construction job openings waiting to be filled, according to the National Association of Homebuilders. Millennials are the...
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Weekly Flush: Illegal Pumper Ignores Warnings, Now Faces Two Years in Prison
Another day, another under-the-table septic pumping operation. A man from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is accused of five misdemeanor counts of pumping septic tanks without...
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Troubleshooting a System With Basement Footing Drains
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Where I live, the majority of houses have a basement at varying levels below finished grade. From a septic system perspective,...
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Time To Put An End To Two-Way Radio Rentals
There’s a project cost line item that’s in need of an internal audit. Are radio rentals costing you thousands of dollars on...
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5 Ways You Can Benefit From Centralized Fleet Management Software
Managing a fleet of vacuum trucks is complicated, and staying on top of maintenance, scheduling, personnel, and billing is stressful. That’s why...


















