Vacuum Pump Articles

Police officer Ryan Murphy hangs up his gun and shield for another rewarding career – in a family pumping and onsite system installation business.

Adding two established companies to his own mom and pop pumping business was a lot of hard work, but Virginia’s Bruce Hines says he would do it all over again.

It’s not enough for Brownie’s Wastewater Solutions to collect multiple waste streams for customers. They want to identify a recycling use for everything they pump.

For Slovenian grease trap specialist BIOPLUS, customer satisfaction requires carefully maintaining disposal systems to limit costly and inconvenient emergency calls.

The operators of Oceanside Septic Services trade on family tradition, people skills and the right equipment to serve the residents of a hot Massachusetts tourist destination.

Michigan’s Duane Shelar says even old-school pumpers need to keep pace with hauling trends and the latest gadgets to keep a business humming along.

Vermont pumper Jeff Ruggiero is named Person of the Year for volunteer emergency response, community dedication in his hometown.

Pat Murray knew that if he ever started a business, he would include "shamrock'' in the name. He jokes that everyone wants to be Irish, while his wife, Charlotte, theorizes that shamrock conjures up positive feelings and good luck.

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Living in a small town like Blackstone, Mass., population 12,000, sometimes calls for wearing many hats

When Rick Hall started riding along in his father's septic service truck at age 6, Dwight Eisenhower was president of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska were new to the nation, and gasoline was 25 cents a gallon