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Entries Tagged Septic System Pumping/Maintenance
Blogs
Are Your Customers Septic Smart?
Welcome to the third annual SepticSmart Week, an outreach initiative supported by the EPA, which runs Sept. 21-25. The goal of SepticSmart...
Online Exclusives
Technician Toolbox
What tools are in your pumper truck? As pumping professionals, you know unforeseen situations come up all the time and that there...
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Storage Tanks Offer Disposal Flexibility
Two steel surge storage tanks that hold 10,000 gallons each have been one of the best investments for First Call Septic Services...
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This Pumper’s a Van Guy
While vacuum service trucks are typically outfitted with storage for equipment and parts, Ronnie Tamez prefers to maintain two service vans for...
Editorial
Due Diligence On The Job Would Have Prevented Disaster
I read the article titled “Fuel Oil Poured Down Septic System Inspection Port” (Between the Lines/May 2015). My thoughts are, when will...
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Catching Up With Wisconsin Pump & Sump
In 2005, Pumper profiled Dan Hilgart Sr. and his Grafton, Wisconsin-based business, Wisconsin Pump & Sump. Now, 10 years later, the family...
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Tips for Taking Over an Established Business
When Janelle and Ardell Kick purchased Purple Pumper LLC 10 years ago, the husband and wife team became the fourth owners of...
Videos
Environmental laws force California pumper to invest heavily in new equipment
If it’s happening in California now, the rest of the country should take notice. Prepare yourself by hearing one pumper’s perspective on...
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Move It or Lose It: Restroom Placement 101
Whether it’s a contract with a high-plains farmer providing facilities for his field hands or a bid for a big-city builder erecting...
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5 Jaw-Dropping Portable Restroom Special Events
Fairs, festivals, concerts and sporting events are often your big summer moneymakers. A challenge for every PRO running a special-events division is balancing...
Blogs
Deaths of 2 Toddlers Are a Sobering Reminder to Check Septic Lids
As of yesterday, I have worked on Pumper magazine for two years. In those two years, I’ve read several stories about adults,...
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Clear Septic Line Blockages in Seconds
Tired of struggling to clear blockages in septic lines? Klear it Kone is a new tool that can clear blockages from septic...
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When is it OK to Give Price Breaks?
In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....

















