American Liquid Waste Magazine

Coxreels® announces the addition of a wand holder for the industry preferred 1125 Series hand crank and motorized reels. This accessory is constructed of strong, lightweight aluminum, with a black powder coating finish for superior corrosion resistance. The wand holder is 24” long with a 1.6” diameter, making this accessory the [...]

To accommodate longer lengths of twin hydraulic hose, Reelcraft has adapted a dual fluid path and incorporated it into our mobile base 9000 Series heavy duty hose reels. The 9000 Series offers the greatest amount of stability and strength due to its heavy gauge base design. Reels may be floor, ceiling [...]

An unusual three-acre lot near Frankfort, Kentucky, offers a perfect setting for real-life training. There, on the grounds of the Bluegrass Community and Technical College, are displays that generally aren’t part of the usual school grounds – several septic tanks, a lagoon system, alarm system displays, lateral leach lines, and advanced [...]

Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., a full-service manufacturer and provider of pumps, pumping equipment and engineering expertise, has achieved ISO 9001:2008 quality recertification for their Port Orange manufacturing facility. This certification represents the highest standard attainable for quality management systems and manufacturing capabilities.
The new certification represents an enhancement to [...]

The Wall Street Journal published a study indicating that the average U.S. executive loses six weeks per year, or one hour per day, retrieving information from messy desks and files. This statistic can apply to any disorganized person. In today’s highly competitive environment, those who learn how to organize their time, [...]

The 2010 WJTA-IMCA Expo, the inaugural meeting of the WaterJet Technology Association and the Industrial & Municipal Cleaning Association, will be held August 17-19, 2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The WJTA-IMCA Expo is dedicated to high pressure waterjet technology and related industries.
“We [...]

Despite what American businessman Bert Lance famously advised in 1977—“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”—sometimes a complete overhaul is the best next step for a company that’s doing well but could be doing great.
In the case of WRS Environmental Services, the vision CEO Michael Rodgers had for his [...]

Delivering excellent customer service is the basis upon which companies should exist. They know that they must deliver good customer skills and many believe that they do. However, 80% of companies believe that they do deliver good customer service. The problem is that only 8% of their customers agree with them. [...]

Down in the beautiful state of Alabama, the summers are long and hot, hospitality is part of the culture, and the cities and small towns are chock full of history. Unfortunately for some of Alabama’s residents, “historic” would also be the best way to describe their household sanitation and waste treatment. [...]

Liquid waste haulers can be a practical group; and considering what they do all day, moving waste from place to place, that should be no surprise to anyone.  Their equipment has to be durable and easy to handle. Those two requirements have been especially important over the past eighteen months as [...]