July 2009 Table of Contents

Features

• 6Breaking Ground: Are You Participating?
  The recession affects everyone, but you don’t have to be part of the doom and gloom. A positive attitude and positive action are more essential now than ever.
• 8Basic Training: Draining It Right
  Effective media filter performance depends on taking great care when designing and installing a watertight underdrain system
• 12Cover Story: Soils and Savvy
  For business success, installer Al Roggenkamp relies on knowledge of site conditions and effective communication with customers
• 16Machine Matters: Pick Up Your Truck
  Here are some nice innovations that can help you make your workhorse vehicle more accommodating and productive in the field
• 20Special Feature: Electronic Watchdogs
  Advanced onsite systems, and even some simple ones, rely on technology to operate effectively. Here are some recent control and monitoring innovations.
• 24Rules and Regs: New Mexico Toughens Onsite Regulations
  Beginning July 1, all concrete septic tanks installed in New Mexico are required to have a cast-in resilient connector certified to meet or exceed ASTM Standard C923 on the outlet connection.
• 26System Profile: Mighty Tight Squeeze
  Peat fiber biofilters provide a treatment solution for a tiny lakeside lot in New York state where an old septic system had failed.

Columns

• 28Association News: Association News
  Association News; Calendar; Training & Education
• 29Industry News: Industry News
  Infiltrator Acquires Ring Industrial Group; Bord na Mona, American Join Forces; Crest Precast Launches New Web Site; Nova Scotia Approves Quick4 Chambers