Editorial Articles

A new version of a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to regulate septic systems in rural areas recognizes that not all...

A technician doing basic system assessments for the Clermont County (Ohio) General Health District discovered sewage ponding in the backyard of a...

SJE-Rhombus Introduces Ultra Nator Control, AlarmThe Ultra Nator control and alarm system for duplex sump pump applications from SJE-Rhombus is designed to...

Bio-Microbics FAST System Approved in MassachusettsThe Bio-Microbics FAST wastewater treatment system has received general use approval for nitrogen reduction in Massachusetts under...

Since this issue leads off the New Year, we thought it would be appropriate to start at the beginning of the installation...

At first glance it seems like a problem too rare even to worry about, and yet methamphetamine (meth) labs continue to raise...

This year’s Pumper & Cleaner education program offers 84 seminars given by industry experts covering a full range of topics for environmental...

Scott Johansson wants customers to appreciate the quality work he has done for them, yet he also wants them to forget him....

Your November column was a good article and a good idea (“If I Were an Onsite Inspector,” Onsite Installer, November 2010). As...

The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association’s 19th Annual Technical and Education Conference focused on the challenges and solutions of subsurface discharge. The...

Provisions of Substitute Senate Bill 110 became effective Sept. 17, 2010, requiring the state Department of Health to adopt statewide onsite rules...

Onsite systems installed 35 years ago as part of a work program on the Bad River Indian Reservation in Ashland, Wis., were...

Water Cannon Launches Online StoreWater Cannon Inc. has launched an online store at www.cole-mart.com/watercannon. The store offers the convenience of 24-hour shopping,...

It has been awhile since we have touched on this topic, but during a recent series of inspection workshops we conducted, there...

In my ad agency life I once worked for a loading dock leveler company. Their bread-and-butter products were platforms that created a...

As a family business prepares for a change in ownership, the values that made it a success will remain. “Dad built this...

Eighty percent of attendees surveyed at the last Pumper & Cleaner Expo said they would come back in 2011.That says a lot...

In the last O&M Matters article, we started a series discussing the concept of the treatment train as a way to view...

Problems with two of the 13 drip irrigation septic systems in Maryland have prompted a yearlong moratorium on new drip systems in...