Pumps Articles

Through three generations of family ownership, the emphasis has switched from septic service to portable sanitation for New York’s Suburban Septic & Excavating Services.

Richard and Lynn Gillespie have accomplished great things since Pumper magazine last talked to them 10 years ago

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

A professional approach to a dirty job — with uniformed drivers and a consumer-education focus — wipes out the tired old stereotypes holding back the pumping industry.

Stephen Smith bought a vacuum truck in the 1950s to serve his mobile home park, and parlayed the experience into a multi-generation family wastewater business.

Wisconsin’s Schulteis Pumping finds success by focusing on one profitable specialty and letting go of related wastewater services.