Editorial Articles

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...

DRAINFIELD COMPONENTSAdvanced Drainage Systems ArcArc septic leaching chambers from Advanced Drainage Systems are sturdy, lightweight plastic units that come in five sizes to...

Only 18 months after a small, two-story commercial building opened in October 2017, its 1,000-gpd drainfield failed. The building held offices and...

Every so often we have homeowners or even septic professionals ask us what needs to be done to enhance or improve bacterial...

Five years ago, I introduced you to a few determined folks in South Central Alabama who recognized an abundance of failed septic...

When Jordan Johnson moved back to northeastern Illinois and started a plumbing business, he was told the region needed septic system installers....

Thompson Joins SJE as regional sales managerChad Thompson joined SJE as regional sales manager. He will be responsible for the Southeast region including...

An audiovisual septic alarm without the need for an electrician was the inspiration for Mark Hayes, founder and owner of Minnesota Geotechnical...

Franklin Electric SubDrive QuickPAKsFranklin Electric’s new SubDrive QuickPAK solutions are for water system installers looking to deliver reliable constant water pressure while maximizing...

State regulations expected in early 2023 will apparently impose new nitrogen restrictions on some parts of Cape Cod.The primary water quality problem...

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

For many contractors, including septic system installers, working in the cold is a way of life. It’s not fun, but it’s something...