Success was a long, winding road for Timothy and Reba Davis of TR Davis in Branchland, W.Va. Although world events once threatened...
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Drainfield Media & Design
Combined Treatment SystemThe Puraflo Peat Fiber Biofilter from Anua can be designed and installed as a combined treatment and effluent dispersal system....
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Drainfield Media & Design
Onsite sand filter system required for site with shallow water tableProblem
A planned sand filter septic system for an Iowa farm was redesigned...
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Ohio congressman tours ADS pipe manufacturing plant
Rep. Robert E. Latta toured the Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) manufacturing plant in Findlay, Ohio, to gain a better understanding of what...
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The Age-Old Distribution Question
One topic that has generated numerous questions over the years is the distribution of effluent by gravity in an onsite treatment...
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Passive Persuasion
The owner of a three-bedroom home in Ft. Blackmore, Va., wanted to sell, but the conventional drainfield was on a property...
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Rules and Regs
Alabama
Many residents of Cherokee County in Alabama must hook up to sanitary sewers or get an annual permit from the county...
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State’s Largest
Officials at Arch Coal-Viper Mine in Williamsville, Ill., wanted to build a changing facility with showers and restrooms for 180 miners....
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Diagnosis First
Successful onsite system repairs are built on an understanding of the "what" and "why" of the problem. "Without this understanding, I...
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Who’s More Efficient
No less than the U.S. EPA has stated that onsite treatment systems should be a permanent part of the nation's wastewater...
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Pump Choices and Settings
We get a lot of questions about pumps and how they are used in onsite systems. From an installer standpoint, if...
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Distribution Equipment and Systems
Gravelless systemGEO-flow corrugated HDP pipe from Advanced Drainage Systems is an advanced gravelless pipe distribution system for equal distribution. The design promotes...
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Pressure Distribution Layout and Design
For any aboveground system to operate correctly, a pressure distribution system is required. Any such system has four interdependent components: a pump...
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Installing D-Boxes
There are two primary methods of delivering septic effluent to the soil treatment area by gravity: The distribution box and the drop...
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Watered with Knowledge
A two-generation installation, pumping and management company in Santa Fe has found opportunities and sustained growth by staying ahead of the knowledge...
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Where the Work Gets Done
For this and the next few months, we will discuss soil treatment units, beginning with the most conventional: flow by gravity into...
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Pump to Gravity: Does It Make Sense?
In the more than 30 years I have worked with onsite wastewater treatment systems, I’ve seen many things that don’t seem to...













