Education/Training

An On Your Side feature on the WRCB TV3 website in Chattanooga, Tenn., this week is a reminder that a raft of...

A recent post on the Onsite Installer Facebook page prompted a discussion with Miller & Sons Inc. Septic and Wastewater Service located...

Can a pile of tree bark in a giant holding tank be the answer to treating waste at a busy highway rest...

In a recent issue of Onsite Installer, an editorial posed this thought: “Don’t think of the onsite industry as an individual sport...

A former septic tank installer and a former state inspector in Louisiana are under indictment in federal court in a bribery case....

Wouldn’t it be great if the onsite systems you maintain could inform you when a problem exists? Better yet, what if they...

WISCONSINGlass cullet approved for onsite applications The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently approved glass cullet generated from recycling for use as onsite...

Occasionally I talk to onsite installing professionals who say they’ve come out from the cab of their trusty earth mover and bought...

Developing an educational program for installers, engineers, service providers, soil evaluators and regulators was the prime objective of Janet Murray when she...

Kathryn “Kitt” Farrell-Poe, Ph.D., liked the idea of being the only woman in the agricultural engineering course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. On...

SSPMA elects officers, directorsThe Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association (SSPMA) elected Mark Huntebrinker (Zoeller Co.) president, Jeff Hawks (Champion Pump) vice...

I ran into an interesting blog post this morning written by a 40-year-old Alabama mom named Tracy, who talks about the trials...

For the past few months we have gone through a series of troubleshooting issues from the service provider’s perspective. A question I...

Some 200 residents of Port Charlotte, Fla., were shown in a recent TV news story chanting “save our septic, save our septic’’...

Thanks to members of the Oregon Onsite Wastewater Association, a cancer victim will have one less crisis to worry about … his...

Although the onsite industry in Georgia has lost half its certified installers over the past five years, the Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association...

A Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guilty of exceeding its authority to enforce the Clean...