Editorial Articles

The job in an urban area wasn’t typical for an onsite installer, but it was also intended to help the city of...

A colleague pointed us to an article recently about smart toilets. This is what happens when people learn you are into sewage;...

There’s a story I recall from covering agribusiness for a newspaper many moons ago that in simple terms explains the concept of...

Eight years ago, Joe Karthein didn’t have the foggiest idea how a septic system worked. Now, he not only installs them, but...

Freezing temperatures can be hard on septic systems. Damage to pumps and fittings inside of tanks are an all too common result...

An environmental group is suing the state of Florida to stop it from issuing onsite permits. Nitrogen pollution from septic tanks is...

In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...

Your tailgate safety meetings probably focus mainly on the major hazards involved with onsite system installation work, like operating heavy equipment and...

The homeowner on Lake Cora near Paw Paw, Michigan, was not in a good situation. “He had been running quite a few years...

We still receive numerous questions about “good” installation practices and their importance in the soil dispersal and treatment area. We will attempt...

Business will be booming at the WWETT Show this month as thousands in the wastewater industry converge on the nation’s crossroads in...

Accepting a home inspector’s challenge in 2000 to replace a failed septic system on an island in Highland Lakes unleashed unlimited business...

NOWRA names new board members The following have been elected to the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association board of directors and will serve...

Infiltrator expands Advanced Molding FacilityInfiltrator Water Technologies announced the expansion of its advanced molding facility in Winchester, Kentucky. Total investment in the...

In the mid 1990s, Gig and Trina Drewery, owners of RioVation, were working in the onsite wastewater industry designing and manufacturing aerobic...

It’s been almost four years since the Michigan Legislature attempted to pass a statewide sanitary code. That bill, defeated in December 2018,...

In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...

In Deschutes County, Oregon, the Board of County Commissioners adopted regulations in 2008 that required residents to connect their homes to sewer...

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