Decentralized system installed at county park
Problem: Live Oak Landing, a rural, riverfront Baldwin County-owned park in Stockton, Alabama, is popular with boaters...
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A Family’s Tradition of Building Septic Systems Continues After Tragedy Strikes
Jereme Tuggle began working summers for his father’s onsite business when he was 14. His life plan was ultimately to own ...
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Cedar River Volunteers Are Friends of the Onsite Industry
Through regulation, your state or provincial governments hasten modernization of decentralized wastewater treatment and have a positive impact on water quality. In...
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Adding Four Bedrooms, Doubling the Square Footage
A mandatory onsite system upgrade came with a homeowner’s plans to add four bedrooms to his three-bedroom home in Granite Bay, California,...
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Time to Review Basics of Soil Sizing Factors and Organic Loading
During basic septic system classes, we stress trying to meet two goals that often work against each other during the designing and...
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Better Grease and Septage Disposal Infrastructure Needed in Mississippi
In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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University Sustainability Project Incorporates Futuristic Wastewater Reuse Technologies
When it received a grant of 388 acres of land about a decade ago, Chatham University already had a main campus near...
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New York Legislature Considers Ways to Cut Onsite System Costs
Three bills before the New York Legislature could reduce the cost of onsite systems for state residents.
One would remove the requirement...
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Septic and Sewer Solutions Wants to Take on the Tough Jobs
Taking the fear out of a customer’s septic project evolved into a robust business for Josh Wood, but the development came recently...
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Passive system meets homeowner’s no electricity requirement
Problem: A new off-the-grid, three-bedroom house in Yuba County, California, was under construction, and the...
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Let’s Take a Longer View on System Performance
Recently I was editing a System Profile feature for an upcoming issue and I was impressed once again with the ingenious design...
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A Lakefront Estate Requires an Onsite Technology Upgrade
Dervin Witmer got a call from a friend who built a house. He needed help. Witmer owns Dig-It Excavating in Cassopolis, Michigan,...
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Following OSHA Trench Guidelines Is a Matter of Life and Death
Recently we were shown a photo of an installation in progress, and one of the workers was standing in an excavated trench...
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Looking Back: Waterloo Biofilter Systems Remains an Effective Answer After 20 Years
Ponding septage from a failed cesspool — now on a neighbor’s property — caused homeowner Jim Noga to research wastewater treatment options...
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Enforcement Needed to Weed Out Bad Contractors
In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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Florida County Explores Septic Moratorium to Curb Pollution
As one solution to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering a...
