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Between his three divisions — portable restrooms, septic pumping and roll-off services — Cliff Wise gets into some pretty dirty stuff and cleans up some big messes. But he and his father (also Cliff Wise) are fanatics when it comes to cleanliness of the things they can control. “My dad is very picky about how clean our trucks are, our buildings, the equipment — even the parking lots. I am, too.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding low-interest loans to rural homeowners with failed septic systems or wells, according to a USDA news release. The USDA awarded a $3.525 million grant to the Water Well Trust for its Decentralized Water Systems program. Low-income, rural homeowners can receive 1% loans of up to $15,000 to improve their septic systems or wells. The loans can be repaid over a 20-year period.

10.08.2026 Residential and commercial septic system, portable restroom, and industrial vacuum service news for industry leaders

It is 9 p.m. on a Friday and a toilet is overflowing in a house two towns over. The homeowner is not comparison shopping. They are calling down a list, and whoever picks up the phone gets the job. If your company's after-hours line is ringing into a voicemail box nobody checks until Monday, the job just went to the next name on the list instead. That scenario is more common than most owners assume, and it happens on the office side of the business, not the technical side.

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The quality of your business’s digital presence is crucial to attracting new customers and keeping existing ones satisfied. The fact is most prospects and customers want to engage with businesses online at a time convenient to them.

Fall: The air is crisp, the leaves are turning and suddenly every football team, pumpkin patch and harvest festival wants a fleet of portable restrooms delivered asap. For portable restroom operators, autumn is a high-stakes game of crowd control with a side of frost. Between crowd spikes and fickle fall weather, keeping things clean and running smoothly takes serious strategy. Here are five tips to keep your cool and your equipment intact this fall season. 1.

Last month brought another strong lineup of industry coverage, expert insights and practical strategies from across the septic pumping and installation sector. To help readers stay caught up, we’re rounding up some of the most-read stories from September on Pumper. If you’d like these kinds of stories delivered directly to your inbox, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter.

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