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When an Animal Shelter System Goes to the Dogs, Onsite Professionals Come to the Rescue
The call came late in fall 2019 from the Chippewa County Humane Association in northern Wisconsin. The onsite system at the animal...
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Use Many Investigative Tools When Working on Tricky Soil Profiles
One key part of any site evaluation for location of a soil treatment area is the description of the soil profile. As...
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Are You Prepared for the Rural Revolution?
Triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and 21st century technology advances, huge lifestyle changes will be coming fast and furiously in the coming...
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For the Owner of Soilworx, Teaching Proper Septic System Construction and Usage is the Name of the Game
Chad Widmer enjoys a good challenge. And as a designer of septic systems, the owner of Soilworx — based in Okotoks, Alberta...
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Industry News - January 2021
Industry veteran Hank Vanderveen passes awayHendrik “Hank” Vanderveen, a nearly 50-year veteran on the manufacturing side of the liquid waste industry and...
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Product Spotlight - January 2021
In many onsite systems, aeration is supplied mechanically by way of a pump. The BIOROCK Aerobic Septic System offers an eco-friendly and...
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Rules and Regs - January 2021
Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill to address water...
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We Need to Educate Rural Customers and Promote the Onsite Industry
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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A Biomat Control Plan Will Give System Users Peace of Mind
We continually receive questions about the biomat and how to best control the formation to provide both treatment of septic tank effluent...
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Case Studies - January 2021
Modules enable drainfield placement on undersized propertyProblem: The owners of a three-bedroom lake home in Wisconsin utilized a holding tank and wanted to have...
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Product Focus - January 2021
Drainfield Components
Advanced Drainage Systems’ Arc Leaching ChambersAdvanced Drainage Systems Arc Leaching Chambers provide a structural design to handle any conventional leachfield system challenge...
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Dervin Witmer Seeks a Better Small-Lot Treatment Solution
The system in the Indiana subdivision failed due to nothing more than old age and heavy soil. A couple of the old...
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Innovation, Regulations and Training Will Move Installers Forward
It’s the dawn of a new year and time to clean out the reporter’s notebook. As I page through the reams of...
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The Careless Family of Canada Mixes Old-School Values with Modern Onsite Practices
Megan Careless can remember years ago when her father and grandfather used straw for septic system drainfield media.
She recalls when open discharges...
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Product Spotlight - December 2020
Evenly distributing fluid throughout the drainfield is crucial to maintaining the longevity of an onsite system. Poor distribution causes localized saturation, where...
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Rules and Regs - December 2020
A proposal to increase residential development in the Dolores River Valley has residents of Montezuma County, Colorado, concerned about water quality and...
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Promoting Professional Training and Certification in Manitoba
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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Pay Attention to These Pressure Distribution Basics
Last month we discussed how, in gravity systems, effluent distribution over the area of a sewage treatment trench is accomplished by the...



















