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As business owners, we love to discuss ways to improve our employees’ attitudes. Throw a party. Tell inspiring stories at the company...

In the Canadian province of Ontario, both sewage truck operators and the trucking industry are declaring victory after years of petitioning the...

It’s that time of year again! The holidays, when small-business owners face myriad challenges – a slowdown and a bit of quiet,...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidance for all managers and workers handling untreated sewage that might contain the Ebola...

Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y., will use $2 million in state funding as seed money to establish a program in...

In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....

Here’s a sobering statistic: More people in the world own a cellphone than a toilet.Around 2.5 billion people lack access to the...

Business-building advice. Networking. Financial tips. Take advantage of a great opportunity to learn how to make your business more profitable.Plan now to...

The rebranded 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show promises all the excitement the annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental...

After years and many hours of work by the Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association, land application of septage is now an affordable alternative...

Depending on where you live, the winter chill may already be in the air. Hopefully, you’ve taken the time to properly store...

Soil naturally treats and degrades organic matter, destroys pathogens and acts as a filter to remove contaminants from water. Because the soil...

We’ve heard about the importance of setting goals all our lives. For some, the word conjures ugly thoughts of New Year’s resolutions...

It’s one of the biggest paradoxes of entrepreneurship: The thing that should be so easy and so enticing — taking a little...

Try this experiment: Head to your computer or pick up your smartphone and conduct a Google search for the term “pizza.” Chances...

Where there are unsewered homes, there are inevitably failing onsite systems. In an effort to tackle the outrageous number of failing systems...

You want to make more money. Good for you. And it’s good business. Here’s the problem. A customer balks at your prices....