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Eyes on the Future
Reputation is everything,” says Alex Mauck, third-generation owner of Goodman Sanitation in Troutdale, Ore., a suburb of Portland. “As customers get smarter,...
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Being Helpful
Ask homeowners about almost any aspect of their home and chances are they will regale you with facts – the kind of...
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Caring for Media Filters
For those riding the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome aboard the systematic process of evaluating the components of an onsite...
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Healthy Alternative
For 12 months or longer, sewage ponded under a three-bedroom mobile home in Alkol, W.Va., until it spread 30 feet beyond the...
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Just One Call
They wanted to be a one-stop-shop for problems with underground utility lines: to find it, fix it, and leave the client in...
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Sizzle That Sells
To expand its business, Tillett Plumbing & Heating chose the sizzle and the steak, combining a trailer jetter from Spartan Tool and...
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When It’s Never Quiet
Have you ever gone to an isolated place and sat for a while, just marveling at the silence? Now imagine if you...
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Tapping into Insight
It was supposed to be a business serving the central part of Iowa, providing basic water and wastewater services to municipalities and...
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Holding the Fort
The V-roof on the barracks of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Fla., directed rain into seven deteriorated cast-iron...
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Seeking Higher Ground
There isn’t much high ground south of New Orleans. Contour lines on topographic maps are far apart, and the water table is...
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Don’t (Always) Blame the Installer
When there’s a sewage odor at a home or other building with a septic system, the tendency is to blame the onsite...
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Happy Employees, Big Dividends
A well-trained team can make the difference between business success and failure. Lovett Services in Portland, Ore., has built a loyal workforce...
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Being the Joneses
The way brothers Mark and Dave Denny see the world of municipal sewer maintenance, it’s better to be the Joneses than to...
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Small Yet Deadly
Small doesn’t necessarily mean safe. Low-horsepower gasoline engines like those used on pressure washers, portable waterjetters, air compressors, and generators produce carbon...
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The Light Fantastic
During inspection of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) combined sewers, workers discovered two sections of 12-inch vitrified clay pipe...
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Pulling Together
An engineer in St. Charles County, Mo., hired 18-year-olds to do his percolation tests, designed the onsite systems on his kitchen table,...
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In Control
For those reading this series on the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome to the process of evaluating the components of...
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Crossing the Divide
Blowing and drifting snow often closed stretches of Interstate 15 and mountain passes near Dearborn, Mont., backing up traffic to southbound and...





















