You’ve probably never been quite this angry at your in-laws. The owner of a septic services company in Hawkins County, Tennessee, recently...
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Weekly Flush: Amari Harley's Family Sues City of Jacksonville for Negligence
The family of Amari Harley — the 3-year-old boy who died after falling into an unsecured septic tank at a Jacksonville, Florida,...
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Classy Clothes and Cleanliness Built This Pumper's Excellent Reputation
Raymond Harris prides himself on taking a professional approach to running his septic pumping business, Sunshine Septic, based in Springfield, Tennessee. Whether...
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This Tennessee Pumper Refuses to Follow a Conventional Path to Success
Raymond Harris believes he must think outside the box to prosper as a solo septic service operator. Pumping is a difficult business,...
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Weekly Flush: Nashville, Tennessee, Homeowner Finds Collapsing Tank Under Driveway
A homeowner on the east side of Nashville, Tennessee, got a big surprise recently when he found an abandoned septic tank under...
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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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Weekly Flush: Septic Tank Failure at Slaughterhouse May Have Caused E. Coli Outbreak
A septic tank failure at a slaughterhouse in Grainger County, Tennessee, that recently was raided by federal agents could be the source...
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Onsite Records a Keystroke Away. Is that a Septic Service Worker’s Pipe Dream?
Once you’re outside the cities of Tennessee, you won’t find much municipal sewer service. Onsite systems are common for wastewater treatment, and...
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Wastewater Equipment Fair Coming to Nashville
After a debut last fall in Milwaukee and a stop earlier this year in Dallas, dates have been set for the third...
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Rules and Regs: California Prepares for Direct Potable Reuse of Wastewater
California’s multiyear drought was officially declared over on April 7, but the Legislature is on the verge of making the state a...
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Tennessee Wastewater Association to Hold Annual Conference
The Tennessee Onsite Wastewater Association (TOWA) will hold its 19th Annual Conference February 10-11, 2015, at the Montgomery Bell State Park in...
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Stewards Of The Environment
The Tennessee Onsite Wastewater Association (TOWA) has a diverse membership that President Bob O’Dette says helps build broad consensus on ways to...
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Restrooms in River City: Family Business Partners, Provides Quality Service
Like other once heavily industrial cities, Chattanooga, Tenn., has reinvented itself with tempting tourism attractions, cleaner air and water, and an optimism...
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Switch Hitting: Business Owner Fuses Plumbing & Pumping Operations, Focuses on Good Service
Shane Buck took over his family’s longtime plumbing company a few years back and quickly doubled its size by adding septic pumping...

















