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"A Watchful Eye" - OnSite Management - May 2013 Pumper Video Profile
"A Watchful Eye" - Pennsylvania's OnSite Management grows its maintenance contract business to provide quality, routine care for customers' septic systems and...
Blogs
A pumper takes up painting. Her canvas? The side of a septic tank.
She was no artist, but Marg Gale, of Gale’s Septic in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, picked up a paintbrush one day and...
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Troubleshooting: Excessive Corrosion Around the Outlet Baffle
Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...
Blogs
No pumper wants to be called to this unthinkable job
I’m sure Manassas, Va., based pumping company AITS Septic Service was not eager to get the call Tuesday to pump out a...
Blogs
Sinkhole? No, it appears to be an improperly abandoned septic tank.
Authorities in Ruskin, Florida, were concerned with a backyard depression this week, fearing it was a dangerous sinkhole like the one in...
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Infiltrator Systems receives Chairman’s Award for plastic waste recycling
Recognizing the Infiltrator Systems’ extensive waste plastic recycling program, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) presented the company with the Chairman’s Award...
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Septic Tank Deterioration: Three Tips for Pumpers
Research is underway to provide answers to the problem of septic tank deterioration, and in the meantime there are three steps any...
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Troubleshooting: Is the Water Level Too High in the Septic Tank?
When the tank is opened the proper liquid level for the tank is at the invert of the outlet pipe. If the...
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Industry manufacturer of wastewater drainage solutions installs utilities management system
One of the world’s largest injection mold companies has installed energy management technology developed and commercialized by EnterScape, a company in the Purdue...
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Septic professionals indicted in bribery scheme
Two onsite wastewater professionals have been accused of being involved in a septic tank bribery scheme in Baton Rouge, La. They have...
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Canadian pumpers take home young entrepreneur award
The owners of Northern Disposal & Sanitation are still basking in the glow of receiving the 2011 Young Entrepreneur of the Year...
Blogs
Story jumps on impact of water softener discharge on septic systems
Officials in lower Michigan’s Atlas Township, near Flint, Mich., are blaming high sodium levels in a community septic system on water softener...
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Infiltrator Systems to expand line of IM septic and pump tanks
Infiltrator Systems will expand the IM tank product line to include a new 540-gallon pump tank and a new 1,500-gallon septic tank....













