American Liquid Waste Magazine

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. [...]

Minnesota is known for quite a few things; two of its more famous attributes are cold winters and a lot of water.  The winters (with the exception of northern Minnesota) are blown out of proportion.  I talk to people in New Jersey, New York or Pennsylvania and they often say, “Oh [...]

Too often we think we are superman or superwoman and able to do everything ourselves. We say things like “it would be quicker to do it myself”, “no one does this as well as I do” and we make ourselves believe we are the only one who can do our job [...]

Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., held their 20th annual Pumpology® School April 21-23, at their corporate facilities in Port Orange, Fla.
Thompson Pump hosted more than 40 attendees from 15 states and three foreign countries.  The three-day workshop included training sessions for sales and service-oriented professionals on pumping fundamentals, [...]

For a state famous for its pristine landscape and sprawling vistas, it’s no wonder that an association responsible for supporting Idaho’s small water systems has the word “rural” in its title. No less surprising is that the Idaho Rural Water Association’s employees keep plenty busy serving water and wastewater associations that [...]

Lou Paulsen was in the marina business in Illinois when he and a partner invested in a portable restroom company. When the marina closed, he took his part of the remaining company and went south to Texas.
Why Texas? “At the time, Abilene had the worst service record of [...]

Industrial cleaning in the sewer or wastewater industry has never enjoyed a big profit margin. Toss in a dicey economy, and contractors look for every advantage to cover their costs and enjoy a modest gain.
For that reason, the development of industrial cleaning tools, water blasting, and inspection equipment [...]