American Liquid Waste Magazine

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 […]

Greasezilla™ announces it has been selected by Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) to provide the most cost-effective and ecologically sound FOG (fats, oils and grease) Separation Technology for the Nansemond Treatment Plant in Suffolk, Virginia. HRSD did an industry-wide search for the most efficient and advanced system to separate FOG into its basic components, sending […]

Granny’s Alliance Holdings, Inc. is perhaps the most recognized disaster relief company for portable facilities provisioning in the United States. The company provides portable restrooms, showers, laundry trailers and other equipment for disaster response. The company holds a large equipment inventory, which it urgently deploys to areas devastated by hurricanes, forest fires, and other disasters. […]

2019 is the 90th anniversary year of Gray Brothers Septic Services, founded in 1929. Sustaining a family business for nearly a century is an astounding legacy. Steadily serving their Spring City, Pennsylvania community in the Main Line area of Philadelphia over so many decades of changes whirling around them, the business has established itself as […]

Here’s a different kind of portable restroom business. Pit Stop’s owner, Charlie Hatler, stands out in the industry with his unique and highly effective business model and world-class marketing ingenuity. We’re grateful to Charlie for taking time out of his busy morning, between fielding calls, to share a little of his company’s story and some […]

Andy Christian had been in communications for a long time. He was a rep for various major carriers, like AT&T, T-Mobile Sprint, and others, handling zoning and permitting for their major utility installations all over the southeast United States. Prior to his communications career, he had a series of jobs, including real estate, owning a […]

A new portable restroom business owner typically operates in a state of constant motion for the first months to years, struggling to over-deliver on service and generate revenues to grow the company. As staff size increases, needs change. If the company grows large enough, back-office operations eventually must be expanded to include HR, Payroll, Accounting, […]

In early 2008, a new luxury niche service brought something unique to the Florida wedding and special events market. Edward Garcia opened the doors of Imperial Restrooms, Inc. and began delivering luxury portable restroom rental services in the sunshine state. From the start, the demand for luxury services in the Florida portable restrooms market was […]