American Liquid Waste Magazine

While signs of an economic recovery are slowly popping up here and there, cities around the country lag far behind any rebound. The lag can be blamed on slumping home prices and subsequent tax revenues and stalled construction, as well as a half dozen other factors that have forced city officials to squeeze every dime [...]

By Jim vonMeier People say it is childish and immature to tell someone “I told you so,” but it can feel good to be able to say it—not, however, when it comes to accidents involving septic tanks or cesspools. About three or four years ago, I devoted an entire article to cesspool and septic tank [...]

When you hear of a family-owned and -operated company that has been in business for a quarter of a century and has experienced nothing but growth, you have to wonder how the recent economic downturn has affected it. Has management become complacent and, thus, ill prepared? Or, have the core values and capabilities allowed the [...]

Hi-Vac Corporation, parent company of the Aquatech and O’Brien product lines has introduced completely new websites for both brands. Both sites, www.aquatechinc.com and www.obrienmfg.com, feature a customer-focused design which allows both existing customers and prospective customers to navigate through the sites to find what they need quickly and easily. A full complement of literature is [...]

Florida is known as a place for family fun; so it was no surprise that the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association managed to combine entertainment with education at its convention last month.  The event included not only those activities that are the staples of a typical convention but also activities geared to engage participants’ families. About [...]

The term "multitasking" was originally used to describe computers’ parallel processing abilities. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the term began appearing on resumes as jobseekers restyled themselves into high-tech, high-performing team players. In the business world, where time management is always a priority, multitasking skills are expected, especially in younger workers reared in [...]

It would be difficult to find a person in this country who is ignorant of the woes that have befallen the residents of the Gulf Coast—Louisianans in particular—in the last five years. From “storms of the century” to the latest oil spill disaster, every agency has been impacted as they attempt to meet the basic [...]