California Articles

Driving septic trucks down bumpy back roads can be a dirty business

When the focus switched from agriculture to construction in its region of Southern California, Southwest Site Services adapted to changing customer demands.

At first, Martin Ruiz didn’t even know what a septic tank was. Today he owns a profitable pumping and portable restroom business in Southern California.

Also in this week's septic-related news, a 3-year-old girl in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is uninjured after being rescued from inside a septic tank

In this month’s regulations update, a Connecticut town wants to regulate Airbnb’s impact on local septic systems, and a septic system replacement program helps improve an algae problem

Coming back from devastating wildfires, a California county wants to hasten onsite system permit approvals and allow more granny pods.

This California pumper says nearly 70 percent of the tanks in his area lack risers, and finding those underground tanks can be difficult

New Trading Spaces carpenter Brett Tutor is doing his own exciting career swap, from digging up septic tank lids to making remodeling dreams come true.

Experience as a golf pro and country club hospitality manager helped Zack Ray make a smooth transition to a new career as a pumper.

In this month's regulations update, a recent investigation shows the septic tank a Florida boy died in has a history of problems and a California man is charged with illegal dumping

Also in this week's septic-related news, a crane tips over and damages a home after sinking into a septic tank; and actor Sean Penn writes a book about a septic tank salesman who becomes a mallet-wielding assassin

The daughter of the late Barry Gump is intent on carrying on a family tradition — more than 60 years of customer service and innovation

Andy Gump Inc. talks about landing a contract for the Los Angeles Olympic Games and how it helped shape the company

In septic-related news around the world this week, an Ontario woman’s septic system fails under her dining room; and serial toilet/sewer cloggers are on the loose in two states