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Many of us make New Year’s resolutions that help us live healthier lives — working out more regularly or maintaining a more...

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

The right knowledge, skills and experience is crucial to success in the onsite installation business, but all the expertise in the world...

Vacuum truck and sewer cleaning industry leader John “Jack” Leary Doheny, founder of Jack Doheny Cos., passed away Jan. 1 at his...

The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...

If you’re using a blog on your website to promote your septic pumping business, competition is heating up — not from competitor blogs,...

Promotion is paramount in the portable sanitation business — and for Northern Disposal & Sanitation of Katrine, Ontario, the owners have put their...

For JT’s Septic of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona, an array of five camera inspection systems is the equipment the company simply can’t do without....

In the not-too-distant past, hiring bonuses — also called signing bonuses or sign-on bonuses — were only mentioned in reference to elite...

Tom Doheny, owner of Doheny's Equipment and Supplies in Island Lake, Illinois, died unexpectedly on Nov. 17. He was well-known for his 30-plus...

Wastewater industry pioneer LaVerne Charlet passed away Dec. 20 in Paducah, Kentucky. He was 83. Charlet was a manufacturer, marketer, and innovator...

Richard Plummer, owner of Plummer’s Waste Group in Wyoming, Michigan, is a big believer in formal classes for his 48 employees. Most...

As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the top stories on pumper.com. If you...

Trident Processes receives 2018 Canadian Business Excellence Award Trident Processes received the Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Businesses, given annually to 25 private businesses...

A United Nations official recently visited Alabama’s Black Belt to report on poverty and claimed the area’s sewage disposal problems are the worst...

When a Florida legislator introduced a bill in early 2017 to require inspections of septic systems when a property is sold, part...

Jim Anderson, Ph. D., is one of Pumper magazine’s best sources of onsite system expertise, which is why we’re highlighting a handful...

Kids do the darndest things — like stuff pea gravel into new underground conduit for residential outside lighting.That’s what Bob Shumway, owner of Shumway’s,...

When the Maine Association of Site Evaluators was looking for a way to celebrate SepticSmart Week in late September, they found an altruistic...