Septic system installers who run across difficult excavation conditions will sympathize with what Orlando Godinez routinely faces as the owner of Godinez...
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This Mainer Is Always Down With a Date For Digging
Matt Dow started his construction career in 2005 after graduating from high school. As an employee for a couple of companies that...
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How to Ensure a High Appraised Value for Your Business
When you started your business, you did so wanting to grow it and increase its value.
No contractor starts a business with the...
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6 Costly Business Mistakes to Avoid
Nobody likes to waste money, least of all small-business owners. As the end of the year approaches, and as business owners take...
Editorial
Pump Chamber Setbacks Would Help Preserve Canada’s Clean Inland Waters
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
Editorial
Hard to Find and Retain Good Workers? Treat Them with Respect.
Many companies invest heavily to improve the customer experience but sideline employees who are responsible for delivering that experience. What some business...
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A Three-Generation Family Company Perfects Barge Service for Hard-to-Reach Waterfront Projects
A wealthy gentleman about to close on the purchase of an island in a Canadian lake wanted to be sure there was...
Editorial
This Installer Explains What’s Driven Him Since Youth: “I Just Like to Work”
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Mike Camarota Jr. has been preparing for his career as a businessman and septic...
Editorial
T.M. Wright Meets Tough Onsite Challenges for Connecticut Customers
Several years ago, Jay Daymon noticed a troubling trend in Connecticut’s onsite treatment world: Concrete septic tanks corroding and failing, some after...
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Keith Wessner Knows the Keys to Speeding Up the Onsite Permitting Process
Some installation businesses compete on quality. Some compete on price. Harbor Septic competes on its ability to expedite system permits in a...
Editorial
Innovation Will Make Decentralized Wastewater Treatment a Top Choice for Homeowners
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
Editorial
You Can’t Install Our System Until When?
Earlier this year, I was catching up with an installer and talking about business prospects as winter gave way to spring. He...
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An Enthusiastic Mid-Career Couple Is Living Their Dream of Business Ownership
Buying Dutcher Trenching Inc. about four years ago was the fulfillment of a dream for Josh and Brittany McCloud. And it was...
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Selling Service, Not Price Will Keep Your Company in the Black
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...



















