American Liquid Waste Magazine

On the far side of Lake Ontario, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Vermont in Ontario Canada is Harris Septic Pumping and Haulage, a septic service and portable toilet rental company that has provided friendly and professional service to their area since 1975. It is a family-owned and operated company that earned a […]

Hemley’s Septic Service got its start almost 60 years ago in 1962. At the time founder, Richard Hemley worked for a company that provided septic repair services. During these formative years, he learned all the ins and outs of septic design, repair, and optimization. So when he saw the first septic pump truck to set […]

In recent months, we’ve covered several portable toilet rental companies and waste management firms which got their start around the end of the second world war. During that part of American history, many such companies got their start in the business due to their foresight and readiness to leverage the developing technologies of the day. […]

Established in 1957, Boyett’s is one of those many local level sanitation companies that did everything right early on in the game. They struck while the iron was hot when it came to getting into the portable restroom rental, supply, and service business by providing rental portable toilets as soon as the technology became available […]

Construction in the San Fernando Valley in the 1940s was very much up in the air. With much of the nation’s resources being pumped into fighting Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers, the shape of construction depended largely on the available materials, which were scarce. As we have covered in recent articles, the early forms […]

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has sent the normal routine of the US American business sector into a surreal new existence. Business owners and their families, employees, customers, vendors, and neighbors throughout their industrial, commercial, and residential neighborhoods are still adapting to the necessary changes in daily life during a pandemic. It’s the community business owners, […]

Jim’s Liquid Waste Hauling LLC: Septic Service With a Personal Twist Like many local septic service and portable restroom rental companies, Jim’s Liquid Waste Hauling LLC is a family-owned business with a local history and strong ties to the community it serves. Founded in 1988, the company has developed a strong rapport with their customers. […]

The Barnes family began providing septic and sewer treatment services at a time when the industry was very different. In 1957, concepts like microbial community analysis, health-related microorganisms, and biological nutrient removal were novel, and at best- revolutionary. 63 years ago, the Barnes family patriarch, C.A. Barnes, started by providing the people in his local […]

The Water Expo 2020 (Aug 26 & 27) in Miami is expanding its educational content in volume and value! For the first time the following crediting and certification courses have been added to the program: – Certified Stormwater Inspector Training (10 hours) by the National Stormwater Center. For Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System (MS4) personnel […]

Portable restroom rental business owners throughout the US express a deep understanding of the need to provide good workplaces for employees and build strong team bonds. Yet, despite their best efforts, too many companies from coast to coast operate in a perpetual struggle to hire and keep good employees. As much as they strive to […]