Merrell Bros.
Family-owned biosolids management firm based in Kokomo, Indiana, providing nationwide transportation, dewatering, dredging, land application, fleet maintenance, and patented treatment systems.
Merrell Bros. is a family-owned biosolids management company headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana, operating nationwide across the United States. The firm handles transportation, dewatering, digester and lagoon cleaning, dredging, and land application for municipal wastewater, industrial, commercial, and agricultural customers. Its work depends on a company fleet, supported by an in-house fleet maintenance function alongside its transportation operations.
The company employs a workforce of more than 200 skilled employees, including operators and technicians responsible for dependable project execution. Merrell Bros. reports more than 15,000 completed projects and a 100% on-time job completion rate. Executives and operators share responsibility for both innovation and day-to-day delivery of work in the field.
Merrell Bros. also develops its own treatment technology, holding patented systems in solar-thermal pasteurization, double drum drying, and pelletization. Technical work spans biosolids treatment, wastewater and lagoon cleaning, dredging, land application, and drying technology, combining long operating experience with internally developed equipment.
The business is described as guided by faith and values integrity, intentional service, and stewardship, with an emphasis on practical, results-oriented work and cost-effective service to clients. CEO Dustin Smith has stated that employees are the organization's greatest asset.