Editorial Articles

The Department of Profes-sional and Occupational Regulation Onsite System Professional licensure program became effective July 1. It requires conventional and alternative instal-lers,...

From septic tanks to snow plowing and civil work, Jim Rose keeps his seven employees at Rivermist Holdings busy year-round in Kamloops,...

Question:I installed chambers in a mound system. The soil has pushed up and filled the chambers. The chambers have not sunk because...

Like the rest of America, installation contractors are re-evaluating the way they spend money. Ups and downs in business and a shaky...

In the movie comedy “Ruthless People,” Danny DeVito plays a vicious fashion executive who at one point snarls about how deeply he...

When the editor of this magazine asked if we could write an article about the 10 handiest tools in an installer’s kit,...

Bio-Microbics Inc. received the 2009 Exporter of the Year award in the environmental category from ThinkGlobal Inc., publisher of Commercial News USA....

The New Hanover County landfill in Wilmington, N.C., is the only one in the state with a wastewater treatment plant, and it...

Brian Cyrus keeps more of the dollars that pass through this business because of his highly detailed job planning. “Tools are cheap,”...

It sounds too good to be true — a coolant that lasts at least 600,000 miles in your dump truck or 6,000...

To the Editor:I have held a Minnesota license for design, installation, soil testing, and inspection for many years, and I worked through...

There are ways to treat a problem drainfield other than digging it up and replacing it. Manufacturers offer a variety of bacterial,...

There’s something new in this month’s Onsite Installer. We’re bringing you Onsite Journal, the official publication of the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling...

As promised last month, and after numerous soil-related questions, we will discuss soil color which we consider to be the second most...

Cooper New England Named Liberty Pumps’ Top RepLiberty Pumps named Cooper New England Sales its top representative for 2008 at the company’s...

Listening to onsite system expert Bill Stuth talk about “Repair and Recovery of Sand Filters” at an Oregon Onsite Waste-water Association annual...

A clogging recirculating sand filter and effluent breaking out of the pressure distribution field in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant...

New onsite system rules, passed after many years of delays after the 2000 passage of AB-885, will affect 1.2 million households, according...

Terri Jakoubek knows the installation business she owns with husband Lloyd has an edge on competitors. That’s not just because they have...