American Liquid Waste Magazine

A RaceTrac gas station-convenience store in Central Florida was plagued with rising maintenance costs due to a problematic aerobic wastewater system and an associated failed drain field. The company’s engineers found the solution was to retrofit this store’s existing wastewater tanks with pumps, then convert to a pressure-dosed system. Selection of the low profile “rockless” […]

Owner and operator of The Lavish Loo, Brad Simpson has realized one of Denver metro’s freshest concepts in portable restroom accommodations. His company goes the full distance and far beyond, to provide the ultimate in luxury restroom facilities for weddings and events in Colorado and surrounding states. These portables are not your average restroom trailers. […]

There is a vast array of new technological innovations for this generation’s entrepreneurs in the portable restroom rental industry to use for optimizing efficiency, quality and cost management. Here are some of the most transformative industry-specific, and more broadly applicable business technologies that are changing the way that today’s portable toilet rental enterprises are doing […]

WWETT Show 2019 was held February 20-23, 2019 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. This premier event for the wastewater industry was a gathering of 13,100 professionals, including visitors from all 50 states and 55 countries. 600 exhibiting companies filled the approximately 362,000 net square feet of expo space in the convention center […]

Seattle is famous for unique businesses that have shifted paradigmatic models in industries from technology to arts. An unassuming brother and sister team have brought that creative energy to effect transformative change in the typical business model of storm water management and an array of environmental management and maintenance services that are not typically operated […]

Over time, the old cliché about putting customers first has proven to be only half right. In today’s business environment, including in the portable toilet industry, employers understand better than previous generations that equal to attracting and keeping good customers, is the need to attract and keep good employees. In fact, there’s little hope for […]

Will and Kyleen Niccolls’ Green Latrine in Seattle Washington is providing a rare portable restroom benefit for the company’s customers to pass on to their own environmentally conscious customers—green portable restroom service. Seattle Youths Become Green Entrepreneurs We asked Will Niccolls to walk us through his move into the portable toilet industry and the process […]

Now with easily interchangeable drums, the Speedrooter XL® from General Pipe Cleaners clears tough clogs in 3” to 10” lines – up to 200 feet. The rugged, easy-to-maneuver Speedrooter XL sports a powerful 3/4 hp motor and 100 foot capacity drums for Flexicore® cable. Change drums to add cable lengths or swap cable sizes with […]

The most successful business owners see themselves as lifetime learners. They live in a mode of asking questions, listening to people, including family, friends, employees, industry peers, management experts, mentors and others with valuable knowledge and ideas to offer. Here are some essential questions that every small business owner should ask, to check yourself for […]

Edwin and Terry Scott established Piedmont Portables about 24 years ago. Dwight Chandler, COO of The TES Group, parent company of Piedmont Portables, explains that the Scotts didn’t start the business as a sanitation company. They began the business as a special events equipment company that also offered sanitation facilities. The couple launched operations with […]