Voters in Talladega County, Alabama, decisively say septage may not be spread on land in the county. Although the county still had...
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Rules & Regulations - May 2020
After years of algae and water-quality problems, Florida’s Legislature has a water-quality bill with broad support.
The bill by Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Indialantic,...
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Rules & Regs: Water-Quality Bill Making Progress in Florida
After years of algae and water-quality problems, Florida’s Legislature has a water-quality bill with broad support.
The bill by Sen. Debbie Mayfield of...
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Weekly Flush: Watch a Pumper Extinguish a Flaming BMW With Sewage
A recent viral video out of Romania shows a BMW parked on the side of side of the road with its engine...
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Weekly Flush: Local Pumper Helps Detectives Make Meth Bust
A local septic pumping company in Forsyth County, Georgia, helped the sheriff’s office make a drug bust last month, leading to two...
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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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Weekly Flush: Head-On Crash With Pumper Truck Kills Four People
Some sad news came out of York County, Pennsylvania, April 30, as it was reported that a head-on collision between a utility...
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Weekly Flush: Septic Tank Failure at Slaughterhouse May Have Caused E. Coli Outbreak
A septic tank failure at a slaughterhouse in Grainger County, Tennessee, that recently was raided by federal agents could be the source...
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Weekly Flush: Trainloads of Waste Are Stranded, Causing a Big Stink in a Small Alabama Town
A train full of biosolids is causing quite a stink in a small Alabama town. As many as 250 containers, or around...
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Open-Air Sewage Pits in Alabama Getting United Nations' Attention
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...
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Alabama’s Davis Concrete Products Broadens Services, Gains Military Contract
In nearly seven years as owners, Alan and Pam Astin have roughly tripled the gross revenue of Davis Concrete Products.They have expanded...
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Hawaii Continues Effort to Eliminate Cesspools
Estimates say there are 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered. This spring, the state...
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Rules and Regs: Hawaiian Government Says Cesspools Must Go
There are an estimated 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered.This spring, the Legislature passed and...
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Life Outside the Truck is Rich and Rewarding
Most times, I fall asleep with my boots on my feet,” says Leslie Sisson Warren, owner of Sisson’s Pell City Septic Tank...












