PROs Mix Portable Sanitation With Patriotism for Independence Day Events

For some portable restroom operators, the Fourth of July is the showcase of the summer special event season. Here’s a quick photo roundup of how two fellow PROs serve their communities for Independence Day:

The Heavy Hitter

The PRO: United Site Services of Foxborough and Sandwich, Massachusetts
Rundown: Each year the Boston Symphony Orchestra hosts the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular along the Charles River on July 3 and 4. It's a three-hour event with 100,000 attendees July 3 and 500,000 July 4, with additional casual spectators lining the riverbanks. United Site Services has provided portable sanitation for the event for more than 20 years.
Stats: 430 restrooms from Satellite | PolyPortables, six hand-wash stations also Satellite | PolyPortables, and a Satellite Suites restroom trailer. Six vacuum trucks built out by Amthor International service the event.
Fast fact: 20,000 gallons of waste was hauled from the event in 2016.
An On Location feature about this event originally appeared in Portable Restroom Operator in December 2017. Read it here.

A Small-Town Stalwart

The PRO: Clinkscales Portable Toilets & Septic Service of Molalla, Oregon
Rundown: The Molalla Buckeroo Rodeo has been an annual event since 1913 and attracts top talent from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. In 2016 the rodeo was held the last week of June and culminated with the town’s Fourth of July celebrations. Clinkscales has been involved with the rodeo since 1996.
Stats: Rodeo — 28 PolyJohn Enterprises PJ3 units with hand-sanitizer, a two-stall shower trailer, four Satellite | PolyPortables ADA-compliant units, three 350-gallon Quadel Industries holding tanks, a PolyJohn Enterprises hand-wash station and four additional units along the trail-ride route. Fourth of July — 30 units placed along the 3-mile parade route, plus four additional units for the children’s parade at the rodeo.
Fast fact: Clinkscales provides the units for the Fourth of July parade — a community fundraiser — free of charge and has done so for 25 years.
An On Location feature about this event originally appeared in PRO in April 2017. Read it here.