Editorial Articles

Alan Gale uses just a few words to sum up his first impressions of people in the onsite industry: educated, honest, friendly,...

When it comes to working quickly and easily in a small space, it’s tough to beat a skid-steer or compact track loader...

Onsite treatment systems can benefit from a variety of electronic devices. They range from controls that operate timed or demand dosing in...

Seasonal high water tables are among the toughest challenges onsite installers face. The challenge is to ensure ade-quate separation between the bottom...

Queen Anne’s County recently passed Maryland’s first law requiring regular septic tank pumping every five years, and became the first county to...

Three years ago I bought a new fishing boat, upgrading from a 14-foot bench-seater to a 16-footer with more amenities. As I...

Infiltrator Systems Inc. has launched its updated web site, with an emphasis on wastewater treatment. The site (www.infiltratorsystems.com) includes information on product...

Discussion forumsThe Virginia Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Community Bulletin Board System is now online. The need for a discussion forum became critical...

The owner of a concrete block fishing cabin on the Rio Pueblo River near Sipapu, N.M., wanted to remodel it and build...

To prevent oil from being dumped on the ground or poured down drains and polluting soil, surface and groundwater, state and federal...

A day-long Nitrogen Symposium was a highlight of the 2008 NOWRA Annual Technical Education Conference and Exposition, held April 7-10 in Memphis,...

Installed at the outlets of septic tanks, effluent filters provide an economical way to trap suspended solids or particles reintroduced from scum...

Eric Larson is perfectly able to design and install onsite treatment systems. He still does that work, but it’s not where he...

The Training and Certifi-cation Program required by the Liquid Waste Disposal and Treatment Regulations becomes operational on July 1. Certification is required...

The project design tells you the septic tanks need to be placed in a wet site. The excavation for the tank is...

It’s an interesting thing about necessities: We don’t appreciate them until we don’t have them. Many of us therefore never appreciate them....

The 45-year-old onsite system at Belfountain Elementary School in the hamlet of Belfountain, Ontario, kept backing up, and weekly pump-outs made no...

Mark Shepard is firmly connected to the communities where he lives and works. Shepard, who owns Utilities Excavating Inc. in Overland Park,...

Question:I would like some feedback on the subject of an inlet tee being installed inside the septic tank. Alabama just started making...