California Articles

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

In this month's regulations update, a California bill sets new rules for nonpotable reuse; and Maui residents protest a cesspool ban

This red-hot Peterbilt pumper is as classy as they come

Stepping out to educate septic system users will generate more maintenance business and result in happier homeowners.

In this month's regulations update, Hawaii passed a bill requiring cesspools to be converted by 2050; and a bridge collapsed under a pumper truck in Indiana

Longtime employee Mike Fly moved from the end of the hose to the owner’s desk at California’s Sweet Septic.

In this month's regulations update, the U.S. EPA asks for advice from the states on federal pollution oversight, and septic inspections won't be required when homes are sold in Florida

In this month's regulations update, a historic Washington home's sewage was found to be emptying directly into a protected salmon stream, and a California resident fights a 10-year-long moratorium on septics