December 2009 Table of Contents

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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

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