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Whether in rural spaces or within the city limits, we turn on the tap in our homes and we expect water to come out of the faucet. This is one of those conveniences we experience on a daily basis but we don’t think much about the source from where the water originated. For decades, R.C. Worst & Co. has been providing residential well pumps for consumers in Idaho and Eastern Washington. Those pumps have been bringing water to our homes, lawns and outbuildings from deep and shallow wells so that...

Every business coach out there worth his or her salt strongly encourages us to routinely perform a self-analysis on our business models to ensure that we are taking advantage of new technology and industry innovation as well as meeting the goals that have been established to incrementally gauge growth or identify shortfalls or missteps within the plan. This self-examination process demands a certain element of discipline and we all perform at different levels depending on who is driving the...

It is often said that relationships are the key to business. For this reason we were delighted when Katie Salsbury and Paul  Hook of Intermountain Aquatics contacted us with an opportunity to participate in a complex residential wastewater treatment and disposal project in Victor located on the eastern most edge of Idaho. This joint effort may be the first between our two companies’, but we are hoping to lend our experience and expertise in many eastern Idaho projects to come. Set in the...

To the best of the Worst One day after two of (I think) your best servicemen fixed a problem at the lake house. I have to commend them for not only finding the problem, that eluded many, but they fixed it in an efficient, professional manner. They are the best. Having dealt with you folks for 40+ years I am pleased to tell you, you are still the best. Kudos to your capable and expert service men- Thank You GE.” Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. As R.C. Worst &...

The Family ThreadIt seems to be a rarity these days with corporate takeovers, growth through acquisition and fledgling internet startup companies that a family owned business of three generations exists. But, that is the case with R.C. Worst & Company of Coeur d’Alene Idaho. Ken and Allen Worst are the third generation owners and operators of this water and wastewater pumping operation that began nearly 60 years ago with their grandfather, Robert Worst. And there is plenty of business history...