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How To Break Into the Portable Restroom Industry
If anyone knows about breaking into the portable restroom industry, it’s Jeff Wigley, past president of the Portable Sanitation Association International and...
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Pipe-Popping Spring Keeps Milwaukee Crews Hopping
“Out of sight, out of mind” might be one way to describe the nation’s leaky municipal water system. But when pipes begin...
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Top Trenchless Pipe Rehabilitation Tools Slideshow
Trenchless pipeline rehabilitation has come a long way in the years since its development. Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are proven...
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National Certification: What Would it Mean for Wastewater Treatment Operators?
In North America, water, wastewater, and distribution and collections systems do not have a national certification program. In some industries — including...
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4 Reasons You Should Expand into the Marcellus Shale
King Pin. Behemoth. Big Daddy. All those names are fitting colloquial terms for the Marcellus Shale formation.We might all realize it is...
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The Art Factor: Missouri’s Murals Help Protect a Stormwater System
Pictures often speak louder than words in the Show Me State. That’s certainly the case in Springfield, Mo., where infrastructure is proudly...
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Community Spirit: How Giving Back Can Grow Your Business
Whether it’s volunteering, donating, supporting local sports teams or joining a community business organization, you need to be invested in your hometown....
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Can Municipal Treatment Plants Handle Fracking Wastewater?
A discussion about drilling wastewater has stalled in Auburn, N.Y. after an engineering firm determined the city’s wastewater treatment plant cannot handle...
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10 Behind-the-Scenes Photos of the Pumper & Cleaner Expo
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo before you arrive? Well here’s...
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Pros and Cons of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand Test
The BOD test used at wastewater treatment plants is certainly controversial and borders on superfluous. At best, it’s something operators need to...
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Septic and Drain Cleaning Jobs Projected to Increase 26 Percent
Infrastructure jobs, including septic tank contractors and sewer pipe cleaners, are on the rise. A new report from Brookings.edu estimates that septic...
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10 Essential Tools for Municipal Pipe Inspections
When it comes to municipal pipe inspection, crews sometimes focus only on the inspection equipment — cameras, crawlers, cable and cable reels....
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How To Balance Tourist Season & Regular Clients
It’s spring, and summer vacations are right around the corner. Not yours, of course. You’re heading right into your busy season with...


















