Earning new clients in the septic, wastewater, and waste removal business can be hard and expensive if not done correctly. To get new clients, here are some first steps you should be taking that will only take a few hours per week to complete without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on ads. Contents Guide: … Read more
Below is a list of the essential tools to kick-start your septic pumping business. For information on which products to choose from, click the following links. Complete Tool List: Vehicles & Heavy Equipment: Septic Tank Locator Tools Probe Rods Inspection Tools Cleaning & Pumping Tools Maintenance Products Business Management Vehicles & Heavy Equipment In the … Read more
Small to medium-sized septic contractors often have busy days coordinating crews, handling customer calls, chasing overdue invoices, and tracking down old paperwork for compliance purposes. Our team spoke with septic businesses across North America, and they all agreed that if they could save 30 minutes per day, they would be happy, let alone hours. That’s … Read more
For more than 30 years, a plumbing and septic company based in New South Wales, Australia, operated using handwritten service cards, paper property files, and manual scheduling systems. Their system using paper worked, but they were looking for a more automated process and a centralized system to hold and access all their service records. Like … Read more
If you’re still scheduling your septic techs on a whiteboard, a spreadsheet, or just texting them in the morning, you already know the problem. Jobs get double-booked. Techs show up at the wrong address. Customers call the office asking where their guy is, and nobody has a good answer. Scheduling software fixes that. But not … Read more
Running a septic company means juggling a lot: service calls, pump-outs, inspections, technician schedules, tank cleaning routes, customer billing, and compliance paperwork. If you’re still managing that on spreadsheets, whiteboards, or sticky notes, you’re leaving money on the table every single day. Table of Contents: Septic business management software is purpose-built to fix that. This guide … Read more
Most septic companies don’t have a scheduling problem; they have a visibility problem. Because what usually happens is this: Now your office is calling techs nonstop: “Where are you?”“How full is the truck?”“Do you need to dump yet?” That’s not optimal scheduling for septic companies, and costs time and money. 6 Steps To Determining Efficient … Read more
Running a septic company isn’t like running HVAC, plumbing, or electrical. Between tracking how much each truck can pump, planning disposal trips, managing routes, and dealing with paperwork, most “field service software” simply doesn’t cut it. That’s why more companies are now looking specifically for septic business software built around how the industry actually works. … Read more