February 2008 Table of Contents

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Features

  • 6Breaking Ground: Bringing It All Back Home
    As we begin to see the full costs of building and maintaining ‘big pipe’ sewers, opportunities grow for onsite treatment technology. Is the industry ready?
  • 10Basic Training: Completing the Picture
    Landscaping can be a good addition to an installer’s business. Choose site plantings with care to protect long-term system performance.
  • 12Rules and Regs: North Carolina Association Defeats Costly Amendment
    If passed, the proposal would have required two technicians per pumper truck transporting excavation equipment and materials.
  • 14Machine Matters: Line of Defense
    Fuel line filtration devices prevent equipment damage and extend engine life by efficiently removing water and particulate matter.
  • 20Cover Story: Conquering Cold
    A-1 Services uses simple and more complex methods to keep customers’ septic systems from freezing in northern Minnesota winters.
  • 24Special Feature: Learning and Competing
    Third Annual NOWRA Installer Academy draws 250 to Las Vegas for education programs and a national Roe-D-Hoe competition.
  • 24Overheard Online: Debating Fabric
    Installers share ideas on the use of fabric to exclude soil from chambers in onsite treatment system installations.
  • 30System Profile: Redeeming Grace
    A biological remediation process saves a Georgia family from replacing a failed gravel drainfield.

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