Entries Tagged Pumping

“Culture of safety” is a phrase that gets used a lot. For a lot of companies, that term is a reality — safety...

Removing accumulated sand, grit and other debris from tanks, pipelines and other infrastructure at wastewater treatment plants without the hassle and expense...

For Phil’s Septic Pumping Service, having a crew that knows its way around the garage pays big dividends. The Marathon, Ontario-based company...

It’s hardly news that many in the pumping business look at the expense side of the ledger every month with an eye...

“I want to talk to the man in charge.”Even in the 21st century, that’s a request many wastewater companies still get when...

Pumper Phil LaRoche and his wife, Kathy, operate LaRoche’s Sewer, Drain & Septic Services, a full-service septic company in Faribault, Minnesota, a...

In the septic pumping industry, working with city and state officials on updating or improving regulations can be challenging, and often requires...

The Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show didn’t exist in 1972 when Dick Mottolo got started in the business...

Jon Errico of A & C Septic knows good customer service. He started as a part-time pumper. Since buying out his partner...

Tom Ferrero spends a lot of time thinking about a topic most people would prefer to avoid: what to do with waste...

In 2011, one of the featured Classy Trucks in Pumper magazine was this 2011 Freightliner M2-112, owned by Williams & Bay Pumping...

You can call Mike Oberg a Kenworth man.Oberg started his pumping business, Mike’s Septic, in Eagle River, Wisconsin, in 1993, and a...

When a county realized that most of its septic pumpers were not properly certified, officials called on the New Mexico Environment Department...

Though he is relatively new to the pumping business, Jeff Coe has learned a lot since 2008 when he and his wife,...