Police in Santa Rosa, California, spent a year tracking down a man they say illegally dumped septage into city sewers.
Carlos Velarde Chavez,...
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Sting Operation Nets a Pumper Suspected of Illegal Dumping in California
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Why Can’t I Just Run My Sewer Into the River?
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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We’ll Drink to That: Peter Lescure Reflects on 40 Years Working in California’s Wine County
At one time a traffic and transportation engineer, Peter Lescure did not deliberately set out to transition into serving the wastewater industry....
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Why Do Children Continue to Die in Septic Tank Mishaps?
The words pumper Wade Dooley wrote in a column 11 years ago come back to me every time we experience another tragedy...
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Tight Spot. Few Answers. Onsite Pros Save a Lakefront Homeowner.
Finding a 5-foot-diameter hole in his lakefront lot in Eagle River, Wisconsin, confirmed the location of the homeowner’s 1960s steel septic tank.
“The...
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So You Want to Be Known as the Problem-Solver?
We received a question from a homeowner in Florida wondering whether he should be worried about how his septic system was operating....
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Nitrogen Reduction a Key Component to Florida Water Quality Planning
When the Florida Legislature ended its session in the spring, the effort to approve Senate Bill 1664 failed. The Legislation would have...
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Broad Know-How and the Right Equipment Keep the Black Family Moving Dirt
Location, location, location — so goes the common saying to explain why a business venture worked or didn’t work. Location is one...
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Keep Encouraging Public Assistance for Septic System Upgrades
There’s been some good news and bad news recently involving government coming to the aid of owners of failing septic systems. And...
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Compact Fuji Clean USA Unit Chosen to Replace a Failed Virginia System
The old wastewater system at the house was failing. The system had a concrete tank and dated to about 1963. Loudoun County,...
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Ask Customers Lots of Questions and Listen Carefully to Their Answers
Recently we had a question from homeowners who just bought a house and had the septic system inspected before closing. The reported...
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Retrieving False Teeth: Every Day Presents a New Wastewater Challenge
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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California Pushes for More Wastewater Reuse Options
In 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to set up a framework for direct potable reuse of wastewater. Now California...
