June 2007 Table of Contents

Features

8Breaking Ground: Getting Priorities Right
It’s summer. You’re busy. The mornings come early. The days are long. Would a family vacation or a fishing trip feel good? Why not take it?
14Basic Training: Identifying Disturbed Soils
By learning to recognize filled areas and other unnatural soil conditions, you can avoid installing systems that are likely to have problems down the road.
18Rules and Regs: Arizona Tightens Reporting and Permit Requirements
People who purchase properties with septic systems or alternative onsite systems now must report the transaction to the state under a under a new law in 2006.
20Special Feature: In the Ground
Installers can benefit from a variety of innovations in tanks and vaults, risers and lids, flow control devices, and accessories.
24Machine Matters: Sizing Up Trailers
When looking for the ideal unit to tow your equipment, don’t skimp on quality. Here are some purchase decision factors to consider.
28Overheard Online: Tough Challenge
Installers’ ideas help a fellow professional deal with a nasty problem in a commercial system that’s failing because of grease and hydraulic overload.
30Cover Story: Building Communities
Dale Mask creates collaboration among professionals as he works to install quality systems and enhance the industry in Alabama
34Profile: Trying Before Selling
A recirculating gravel filter with drip irrigation provides a sound replacement for a failed conventional system, and an education day for Indiana installers.

10Association News: Organizations Commit to Biosolids Program
The National Biosolids Partnership (NBP) environmental management system (EMS) for biosolids program reached a new milestone when the Lowell Regional Waste-water Utility in Lowell, Mass., and the Town of Erving in Erving, Mass., became members.
26Industry News: Industry News
Zoeller Pump Co. has recalled about 2,300 of its septic pumps with 20-foot black cord because the plug could have a grounding problem that produces an electric shock.