Editorial Articles

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Ethanol-blended fuels get a bad rap for creating wear and tear on small engines used every day by installer businesses. But is the criticism warranted?

Manitoba wastewater association wants provincial environmental officials to consider new onsite treatment technologies in environmentally sensitive areas.

A pretreatment system including UV disinfection placed on a tiny brookside lot helps protect the clean-water supply at New York’s Lake George.

Understand how water infiltration impacts treatment so you can install the optimal onsite system for every site.

What are several unrelated topics pulled from hundreds of emails that turn up in an editor’s mailbox?

Fanning Excavating fights through the closing of a major local employer and a deep housing recession and emerges as a strong, more diversified business with a bright future.

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If you’re towing equipment or racking up big miles heading to the job site, an engine tuner may give your work trucks a modest power boost and a few more miles per gallon.

Ohio wastewater professionals fight through legislative opposition to advance onsite technology and protect the environment.

When a Missouri installer dug into a lake home’s odorous septic system, he found oddly configured drainlines and 5-gallon buckets used for makeshift distribution boxes.

Identifying ideal slope characteristics can mean the difference between a chronically troublesome onsite system or one that works flawlessly.