American Liquid Waste Magazine

Growth through diversification using an existing customer base is how Steven Richards has expanded AquaSource into the go to solution for its 4,500 customers in the Finger Lakes region of western New York. With a background in plumbing, Richards started AquaSource in 1988 as a residential and commercial well water treatment company. “I realized that [...]

Vacuum Truck Rentals LLC, of Richland, Mississippi is pleased to announce the acquisition of UVAC, Inc. of Pasadena Texas. UVAC has been a premier rental company in the gulf coast since 1996. Payton Lockey of Vacuum Truck Rentals stated, “UVAC is a perfect acquisition for VTR. It accelerates our expansion plans by adding quality equipment [...]

HB 1102 The Georgia legislature has passed legislation delaying the effective date of the new land disposal regulations by two years until July 1, 2014. It is awaiting the governor’s signature. The regulations pertained to land disposal sites that receive septic tank waste. According to GOWA, it’s members said that the new rules were “extremely [...]

American-based leader in global water solutions expands management team Knoxville, TN, April 17, 2012—Aqua-Chem, Inc., the leader in global water solutions, today announced that it has named Thomas Gillcrist as CFO and Ron Shook as Pharmaceutical Applications Engineer. They will report directly to David Gensterblum, President and CEO. “Tom and Ron are valuable additions to [...]

Last month, we took a look at the smartphone apps that will help you save time and money with gas, GPS navigation and mapping, productivity and time tracking, contact management, note taking, travel planning, invoicing and credit card payments. This month, we will look additional categories such as marketing, finance, document management, product management, security [...]

Charles M. Schultz once said, “Remember, once you’re over the hill, you tend to pick up speed.” As they celebrate turning 40, Portable Sanitation Association International is gaining momentum with their eye on raising public perception of the industry, expanding their global reach, member education and networking opportunities. “People experienced a lot of challenges and [...]

Establishing and maintaining a relationship with clients is one of the best ways you can ensure that your business is successful. As you can see with AquaSource (see Spotlight article) they kept their same core customers and expanded the services that they offer to those customers. This has been a very successful business model for [...]

Even if you don’t live in one of the states with shale under your feet, you can hardly turn on the news or read a paper without seeing something about it. Most of the coverage deals with environmental concerns. While all of that is certainly worth a read, it doesn’t necessarily tell you how it [...]

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Westmoor Ltd. Manufactures the Conde ProVac Portable Industrial Pump Out Station. The Conde ProVac system is a portable vacuum pumping service unit designed for the most demanding liquid pumping applications. The ProVac unit with integral pressure off-loading is ideal for: grease trap service pumping, machine coolant pumping-cleaning, remote portable toilet pumping, marina vacuum pump out [...]