October 2008 Table of Contents

Features

• 6Breaking Ground: Teachable Moments
  A good time to educate customers about onsite treatment is when a system is failing. But there’s another time that’s even better.
• 8Basic Training: Bringing it Back
  Changing usage habits and improving effluent quality can be workable alternatives to replacement of failing systems
• 12Rules and Regs: Nebraska Revisits Onsite Regulations
  The Nebraska legislature approved an interim study resolution to examine the Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act, and the general adoption and enforcement of installation standards.
• 14Special Feature: Regulator Relations
  Working effectively with regulatory agency representatives means developing and sustaining open dialogue and professional respect
• 16Machine Matters: The Dope on Diesel
  Market conditions and other factors drive up the price of fuel for heavy trucks and equipment. Expect prices to remain high in the foreseeable future.
• 22Cover Story: Simply Quality
  Lloyd and Terri Jakoubek bring a professional and personal touch to designing and building onsite systems for upscale homeowners in Nebraska
• 26Overheard Online: Going Small?
  Installers discuss downsizing equipment because of rising diesel costs and the use of rubber-tired equipment
• 30System Profile: Star of the West
  An extended aeration, activated sludge process enables an installer to develop property in the environmentally sensitive Black Hills of South Dakota

Columns

• 4Letters to the Editor: Clusters of Concern
  Readers respond to recent articles in Onsite Installer.
• 28Industry News: Industry News
  Simple Solutions Selects Distributors; Pump Systems Releases Guidebook; Infiltrator Adds ENGEL Injection-Molding Machine; Lenzyme Installs Solar Heating Panels
• 38Association News: Association News
  This all-in-one resource will point you to the information you need.