Editorial Articles

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...

Effluent was ponding in the outdated, overused drainfield of a 44-unit mobile home park in Allegan, Mich., and raw sewage flowed into...

Uncle Sam wants you … to buy things for your business. Big things. And to motivate you to spend money on equipment,...

Advanced Wastewater Systems Introduces SABRe The septic aerated batch reactor system (SABRe) from Advanced Wastewater Systems LLC is designed to convert an...

Pumper & Cleaner Expo Heads to Indianapolis in 2012The 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International will be held in Indianapolis, Feb....

Black liquid flowing down a steep bank into the Isinglass River brought the local health officer to a motel in Rochester, N.H....

Effective last July 1, onsite systems must be inspected and provisions made for necessary repairs before properties can be sold. Only state-certified...

Don Vermeulen has given away a lot in his 50-plus years in the onsite industry. He has given his thoughts and his...

Visit just about any construction site and chances are you’ll see a tractor-loader-backhoe, or TLB, at work. There’s a good reason for...

Being a city dweller, I have never been party to an onsite system inspection, but I have been through home inspections at...