December 2009 Table of Contents

Features

• 6Breaking Ground: Who Cuts the Corners?
  When it comes to “cheap Charlie” systems, who’s responsible? Customers who ask for them? Installers who agree to build them? Or regulators who let it happen?
• 8Cover Story: Work Follows Work
  A willingness to embrace change and a dedication to doing the job right provide a success formula for an installer serving five Ohio counties
• 12Basic Training: Understanding Structure
  The way soil particles aggregate into clusters has a great deal to do with how well the soil transmits water and how well it accepts wastewater
• 14Expo Preview: Worth Celebrating
  30th Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International adds a new-product display, interactive floor plan, and Women in the Industry seminar to its proven mix of exhibits and education
• 18Machine Matters: Winter Work
  When it comes to maintaining your hardworking backhoe loader, the best policy is to fix every nagging problem long before the new season begins
• 20Rules and Regs: Maryland Acts to Protect Chesapeake Bay
  
• 22System Profile: Marriage of Opportunity
  Technology integrating the activated sludge process with ceramic membrane filtration remediates a failed drainfield in a Minnesota lakeshore community
• 26Overheard Online: Softeners and Concrete
  Installers discuss the reasons for concrete erosion in septic tanks that receive brine discharges from water conditioning systems

Columns

• 4Letters to the Editor: Another View on Regional Codes
  
• 24Industry News: Industry News
  Advanced Drainage Systems Adds Flowtech System; Zoeller Receives International Trade Excellence Award; SJE-Rhombus Names McDonald Sales Director
• 28Association News: Association News