Education/Training

In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....

Business-building advice. Networking. Financial tips. Take advantage of a great opportunity to learn how to make your business more profitable.Plan now to...

The Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association (SSPMA) has been selected to provide a three-track educational session at the Water & Wastewater...

Watch as Brendan Cory shows the latest installation he and Kevin Wilkie have collaborated to complete. Both sole proprietors, they often send...

After years and many hours of work by the Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association, land application of septage is now an affordable alternative...

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is considering changes to rules for the design, construction and operation of onsite wastewater systems. The...

Brendan Cory has had a lot of jobs and worn a lot of hats during a four-decade career in the onsite industry....

Soil naturally treats and degrades organic matter, destroys pathogens and acts as a filter to remove contaminants from water. Because the soil...

A reader recently submitted some questions about the use and operation of siphons in onsite systems. An increasing number of systems are...

World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner might have a 95 mph fastball and nasty cutter, but the Giants’ left-hander, who shares the same...

A reader submitted a question recently asking why there was not design guidance for mound systems loaded by gravity. The easy answer...

More than 26 percent of septic systems in Minnesota have been installed in the last 12 years, according to the Minnesota Pollution...

Don’t wait! The 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) show, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Feb. 23-26,...

Try this experiment: Head to your computer or pick up your smartphone and conduct a Google search for the term “pizza.” Chances...

Where there are unsewered homes, there are inevitably failing onsite systems. In an effort to tackle the outrageous number of failing systems...

You want to make more money. Good for you. And it’s good business. Here’s the problem. A customer balks at your prices....

If you plan to attend NOWRA/CPOW 2014, you should make plans to register for the conference and reserve your hotel room no...