A septic truck in West Harrison, Indiana, recently got mangled after crashing into a creek. The driver was unharmed and says the...
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Weekly Flush: Drunk Driver Rolls Septic Truck Onto Side
A 33-year-old man from Orchard Park, New York, is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after rolling a septic truck onto its...
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Rules & Regs: Jacksonville Had Longstanding Problem With Septic Lids, Investigators Say
An investigator’s report shows the Florida septic tank where a small boy died last year was not secured as it should have...
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Classy Truck - April 2018
Grand Island Waste Management - Grand Island, New York
Jim Ehde added this gray and metallic blue 2012 Freightliner carrying a 5,000-gallon steel tank...
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Rules and Regs: Florida Faces Onsite Nitrogen Challenges
When the Florida Legislature ended its session in early March, one of the bills that ended with it was Senate Bill 1664....
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For More Than 60 Years, the Zuech Family Has Been Ready to Work
What’s in a name? Quite a bit in the case of Zuech’s Environmental Services, based in Franklinville, New York — and formerly...
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Rules and Regs: Pumper Arrested for History of Illegal Dumping
Santa Rosa, California, police arrested a man on suspicion of illegally dumping waste from septic tanks.
Carlos Chavez, 63, of Petaluma is suspected...
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Follow the Golden Rule With Customers
Name and title or job description: Andrew Andriola, president/sales/service tech
Business name and location: Andriola’s Cesspool Service, Holbrook, New York
Age: 61
Years in the...
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Rules and Regs: Septic Systems Blamed for Algae Bloom
When a Florida legislator introduced a bill in early 2017 to require inspections of septic systems when a property is sold, part...
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Classy Truck - December 2017
Todd Boomhower added this red, white, and blue 2003 International 8600 with a new 3,300-gallon steel tank and National Vacuum Equipment 400...
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Portable Restrooms Take the Lead for New York Pumper Yvonne Hoover
In 1957 when Gordon Hoover Sr. established Suburban Septic in Kirkwood, New York, the company’s main focus was pumping septic tanks. Today,...
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Rules and Regs: Long Island Communities in New York Tighten Onsite System Rules
Suffolk County, New York, has pushed to replace common cesspools with advanced onsite systems that reduce nitrogen pollution, and now a couple 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...
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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...

















