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Entries Tagged California
Editorial
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...
Editorial
Transition From Employee to Company Owner Can Be Smooth Sailing
When 16-year-old Mike Fly stopped into a septic service supply store in 1983 hoping to sell some batteries to owner Bud Sweet,...
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Rules and Regs: EPA Starts Revision of Water Regulation
In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...
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Rules and Regs: Lodge Manager Learns Historic Home Has No Sanitation System
The park district on Vashon Island, directly across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington, has discovered that an historic home it has rented out...
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Rules and Regs: California Prepares for Direct Potable Reuse of Wastewater
California’s multiyear drought was officially declared over on April 7, but the Legislature is on the verge of making the state a...
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Turning Heads With a Hot-Looking Vehicle Wrap
First impressions are everything to Big Bore Drilling Certified Septic and Hydroflushing of Fresno, California — hence the head-turning truck wrap adorning...
Editorial
On-Time Delivery Wins in the Film and Television Industry
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Cal-State Site Services plays a role in television shows and feature films shot in Hollywood....
Editorial
Classy Truck - April 2017
Owners Henry and Beverly Damm added a 2015 Peterbilt 567 from Golden State Peterbilt, built out by Imperial Industries with a 3,500-gallon...
Editorial
The Right Equipment Will Bring in the Dollars
Henry Damm remembers the day in the early 1970s when he saw a truck-mounted drilling rig at a neighbor’s house with the...
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Doing the Dirty Work: Workhorse Backhoes Bring Productivity
Installing septic systems is a big piece of the revenue pie at Big Bore Drilling Certified Septic and Hydroflushing in Fresno, California....
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Efficient Equipment Means More Jobs
A modified Zahn tool carrier from Ditch Witch takes productivity to a new level at two affiliated companies: Septic Pumping Service in...
Editorial
Going Green Can Pay Off for Your Pumping Business
Nathan Officer saw a business opportunity that would allow the 24-year-old wastewater professional to stand on his own — but also work...




















