Editorial Articles

Second stage nitrificationNitriFAST systems from Bio-Microbics provide second stage nitrification when wastewater contains higher than normal nitrogen levels or when effluent requirements...

Charles Webb of R. Webb Excavating in Hockessin, Del., won the championship belt and $1,000 first prize in the NOWRA National Roe-D-Hoe...

Rep. Chris Dorworth introduced legislation that would repeal mandatory five-year septic tank inspections and give local governments the power to regulate them....

Gold miners at the remote Brucejack 150-man camp north of Stewart, B.C., had to dig latrines by hand. Helicopters air-lifted preassembled timber...

Iowa curriculum advances Members of the Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association completed their fourth quarter of developing a curriculum for maintaining advanced onsite...

There are two primary methods of delivering septic effluent to the soil treatment area by gravity: The distribution box and the drop...

There’s a popular TV show in which a lucky family gets a completely new and elaborate home in place of an old...

Unit eliminates maintenance costProblemThe Orihula Sanitary System in Fremont, Wis., had 150 progressing cavity pumps on a 3-inch pressure main serving a...

SSPMA revises certified pump listingThe Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association revised a listing of sump, sewage and effluent pumps that meet...

Separation Distances To the Editor: Many of us enjoy learning from others’ mistakes: it is better than learning from our own errors. In your December article (“Where...

Nobody’s perfect. Even a business with the best employees and solid business practices can make mistakes. If you’re a business owner, you...

The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association’s 21st Annual Technical and Education Conference will focus on issues affecting wastewater management in New England,...

At the NSF International (NSF) Wastewater Joint Committee Meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 27-28, the committee chair established a task...

Powerblanket multi-duty heating blanketThe multi-duty heating blanket from Powerblanket can thaw frozen ground (up to 24 inches deep) and protect construction materials...

High-efficiency effluent pumpThe 1/2 hp CPSTEP512 pump from Champion Pump Company pumps up to 85 total dynamic head (TDH). The 1/2-inch solids...

Carroll County commissioner says the State of Maryland is “cooking the books” in a study of the contribution of septic systems to...

Two single-pass buried sand filters with direct discharge to a protected trout stream failed an 80-bed rehabilitation facility for homeless men in...

Bryan Turner sees a little of himself in his son, Brandon, when they work together in the family’s onsite installation company. “I...

A two-generation installation, pumping and management company in Santa Fe has found opportunities and sustained growth by staying ahead of the knowledge...