Selecting the best spot to open a contracting service business requires careful consideration. Gary Kes, owner of Benjamin Franklin, The Punctual Plumber,...
Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment
Editorial
An Aging Wastewater Workforce Points to Future Troubles
Name and title or job description: Darius E. Melton, president
Business name and location: 2M Pumping Service, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Services we offer: Primarily septic pumping. We...
Editorial
Find Out How This Husband-and-Wife Team Are Killing It in the Pumping Business
During 2004, Jamie Decker worked mornings at his uncle’s farm, nights at a neighbor’s farm, bought nine portable restrooms and started a...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Washington Looking at New Nonpotable Rules
The state of Washington is nearing adoption of new risk-based rules governing nonpotable onsite water systems. The rules would apply to multifamily,...
Editorial
Pumper News - March 2022
The RELLIS Campus at Texas A&M University was forged through partnerships with the school and private companies in 2016. The campus derives...
Editorial
Case Study - March 2022
System provides town with flexibility for future capacity needs
Problem: Geraldine, Alabama, with a population of about 1,100 people, needed a wastewater treatment system that...
Editorial
Product Focus - March 2022
Advanced Treatment Units
BioMicrobics RetroFAST
Both the RetroFAST and RetroFITT-ee (energy efficient) units from BioMicrobics are designed to be a simple upgrade to enhance a conventional...
Editorial
Rules & Regs - February 2022
Onsite companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan to fix...
Editorial
Classy Truck of the Month - February 2022
Godinez Septics - Austin, Texas
Orlando Godinez purchased a white 2020 Peterbilt 337 built out with a 2,300-gallon stainless steel tank and Masport...
Editorial
At-Grade Tank Access Should Be the Law of the Land
Name and title or job description: Larry Maznek, owner/operator with my wife Patrice. I’m a septic designer, evaluator, pumper and installer.
Business name and...
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Rules & Regs - January 2022
Cities are one of the last places you might expect onsite wastewater recycling, but in late September the San Francisco Board of...
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Case Study - December 2021
Combined treatment and dispersal system replaces failed conventional system at elderly home
Problem: The Victor Hernández Building Elderly Housing facility in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, had a...
Online Exclusives
Massachusetts Test Center Looks for Practical Wastewater Reuse Solutions
In the summer of 2019, the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center on Cape Cod started a campaign called Waste No Water....
Editorial
Innovation Will Make Decentralized Wastewater Treatment a Top Choice for Homeowners
Name and title or job description: Justin Wells, president and co-owner
Business name and location: Baker Septic, Ferndale, and Dano’s Septic, Bremerton, Washington; Best Septic,...


















