Owner Mike Flaherty likes to say three things haven’t changed about his family’s company, Advanced Pollution Control (APC) Corp., since it was...
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Give Me a Vintage Truck and Hardworking Employees
Name: Rob Ratta, owner
Business: R.M. Ratta Corp.
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts
Age: 45
Years in the industry: Ratta Corp. is a third-generation family business operating for...
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Rules & Regs: Massachusetts Licensing Bills Draw Pumper's Opposition
Two bills in the Massachusetts Legislature concern Frank King.King runs Action King Services in Lowell, Massachusetts, and is a former member of...
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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...
Editorial
Cast Your Ballot for Your Favorite Septic Service Truck
In a first for the Classy Truck of the Year competition, we brought more rigs into the garage this year for your...
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Systemize Equipment and Training to Win Big
Aseries of acquisitions, coupled with an emphasis on customer service, professionalism and equipment standardization, has helped growth-minded Northeast Sanitation emerge over the...
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Rules and Regs: Ontario Groups Working to Solve 'Flushable' Wipes Issue
The Municipal Enforcement Sewer Use Group, comprised of 29 Ontario communities, estimates that flushable wipes cost Canadian utilities $250 million per year...
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Cape Cod Facility Nears Two Decades of Onsite Experimentation
Removing nitrogen from wastewater is a complicated challenge anywhere, but in Massachusetts, George Heufelder is working toward a simple solution. It is...
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Classy Truck of the Month - August 2016
Owner Joe Aiello purchased a 1997 Peterbilt 357 cab and chassis and added a used 4,700-gallon Curry Supply Co. tank and Masport...
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Stewart’s Septic Takes Control of Septic and Grease Treatment
Thanks to timely acquisitions of other pumping companies, diving into the fats, oils and grease business, and pioneering private wastewater processing, Stewart’s...
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Veteran Pumper Dick Mottolo Watches an Industry Mature and Grow
Dick Mottolo has been in the septic business since 1972, and in the ‘80s was a featured contractor in an early issue...
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Regional Onsite Wastewater Association Reorganizes To Serve Massachusetts
The Yankee Onsite Wastewater Association once represented onsite professionals across six New England states. Yankee no longer exists, but the Massachusetts Association...
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Pumper Overcomes Illness & Continues Quality Service in Growing Economy
When John Simison went to see a doctor in September 2012 for severe mid-back pain, he figured it was just a backlash...
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Family Pulls Together, Enhances Productivity to Keep Business Afloat After Serious Injury
As one might expect from a guy who runs a cattle operation and a septic pumping business side by side, Larry Favreau’s...





















