Editorial Articles

Les Harris looks for opportunity – he doesn’t wait for it to come knocking. That’s the way he has done business for...

I think we would all agree that this economy is affecting everyone. I missed the Great Depression, but I am reminded of...

Serious Thermal Introduces Ground-Thawing Machine The Serious Toaster ground-thawing machine from Serious Thermal Products Ltd. thaws up to 1.6 inches deep per hour...

Drainfield restoration Septic-Scrub drainfield flow restorer from Arcan Enterprises is a chemical treatment that oxidizes sulfides and releases oxygen into the drainfield. This...

New subsurface wastewater disposal rules for Maine include a 25-foot no-disturbance buffer from water bodies and fill extension limits that move onsite...

Onsite systems at 16 beaches on Santa Monica Bay, Calif., had exceeded their useful lives. Most were at risk of overflows and...

Facility Solves Regulatory Challenge The newsletter of the Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association chronicled the growth of Accurate Dewatering Services, the state’s only...

Last month we wrote about systems in which a pump delivers effluent or sewage to a location where the rest of the...

When canoeing, it’s a great sensation when a partner climbs aboard and immediately you feel the strokes of his or her paddle. One...

Reputation is everything,” says Alex Mauck, third-generation owner of Goodman Sanitation in Troutdale, Ore., a suburb of Portland. “As customers get smarter,...

Gorman-Rupp Names Knudsen Eastern District Manager-Engineered Systems The Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield Division, named Eric Knudsen Eastern District Manager-Engineered Systems. He will cover Maine,...

Ask homeowners about almost any aspect of their home and chances are they will regale you with facts – the kind of...

For those riding the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome aboard the systematic process of evaluating the components of an onsite...

Xypex Offers CrystallizationConcrete Waterproofing Crystallization concrete waterproofing from Xypex Chemical Corp. uses concrete’s inherent water permeability to deliver crystalline chemicals that plug the...

Low- to high-flow splitting The Tru-Flow splitter system from Clarus Environmental can split effluent flows from 0.1 to 30 gpm into two to...

State onsite rules proposed in California would require agencies to test for nitrate entering the groundwater, but agency officials contend that they...

For 12 months or longer, sewage ponded under a three-bedroom mobile home in Alkol, W.Va., until it spread 30 feet beyond the...

Streamlining Rules Waste Water Nova Scotia held focus meetings with industry professionals around the province to learn which legislative issues needed clarification or...

This month we take a detour from our journey through onsite wastewater treatment systems to address a topic that has been raised...