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In an effort to improve, most companies and individuals will search for new ideas and strategies. They will seek out new marketing...

http://www.vac-con.com/x_cavator.html Vac-Con featured its X-Cavator at the 2013 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. The X-Cavator's powerful vacuum and high-pressure water system...

Last month we looked at preliminary information obtained in a site evaluation and why it is important for an installer to understand...

Designers of alternative onsite systems have a very real challenge in states that don’t mandate operation and maintenance. I characterize systems designed...

One of the best practices for maintaining equipment like skid-steers, mini-excavators and other machines used by onsite system installers is inspection of...

Some industrial wastewater lines at a food processing plant in San Jose, Calif., were too small to handle the volume and others...

Most of you work in very competitive markets and constantly struggle to maintain your profit margins. With more and more contractors entering...

Working with sewage requires waterproof gloves for obvious reasons, but that may not be enough. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and...

Micro-cutter renews pipe systemProblem: The 40-year-old cast iron stormwater drain at the Phoenix Plaza office building in Hartford, Conn., drained poorly due to...

Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...

Workers face many dangers in the underground world of wastewater. Sadly, the life of one young worker was taken last week when...

Membership was increasing at Leisure Lakes Resort in Joliet, Ill., and the owners wanted to treat the park's wastewater rather than store...

This month and next, we'll look at proper site evaluation procedures and techniques. While it's not necessarily part of an installer's responsibility...

It's a gift to experience firsthand how wastewater treatment can help a body of water. Eric Murdock received that gift in his...

As April showers look to push up May flowers, you’re probably stacking up system install jobs for the summer right about now....

Rooter-Man, a national plumbing and drain cleaning franchise, has been ranked the #1 plumbing franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the 11th consecutive...

A collapsing 72-inch corrugated metal pipe jeopardized operations at a stone quarry in Stafford, Va. The 800-foot pipe was the main...

In order to remain competitive, sewer and drain cleaning contractors typically operate and maintain a wide array of equipment that...

Troy Abel, president of The Abel Companies, wanted to diversify his infrastructure construction firm to facilitate growth and hedge ...