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Wearing uniforms can play an important role in establishing a tone of professionalism for your employees.Dave Gustafson, an engineer with the Water Resources Center...

Pumps and controls for a pressure distribution system should be of the appropriate materials and sizes based on the pump requirements. This...

When you perform a service for a customer, it’s obviously nice to get paid for that work as quickly as possible. Late...

It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and view your business as a lone ranger in a vast landscape, but...

Since siphons do not have moving parts, there aren’t very many structural issues that can go wrong, but it’s important to inspect...

In our discussions of mound design principles, I indicated that pressure distribution in above-ground systems is needed to avoid problems with localized...

“Advertising must generate more in business profit than it costs,” says Tom Egelhoff, president of Eagle Marketing and author of How To...

Launching a business can often seem like a make-or-break moment. Entrepreneurs feel as though their company has to make a splash, or...

Hundreds of infectious agents live in human waste. Unfortunately, not many workers in the industry are properly protecting themselves. The good news?...

Another important concept of mound design is absorption width, the width of original soil under the sand layer that is required for...

What are some of the characteristics of a truly exemplary employee? Surely high on the list would be just showing up —...

“There is nothing more secure than land and a building.” Commercial real estate expert Dale Willerton says that is the bottom line...

Running a small business is, at its heart, an act of juggling. There are several balls that you have to keep in...

One question that comes into play when designing mound systems is, how large should the bed be? In Minnesota we have continued...