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Jim Anderson, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate and recipient of the pumping industry’s Ralph Macchio Lifetime Achievement Award. Email Jim questions about septic system maintenance and operation at editor@pumper.com.
Usually I have not addressed business or ethical questions in this column, leaving them to others more knowledgeable than I in these areas. However, over the past year, a couple of people in the industry I have known and had a lot of respect for have been caught doing downright...