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It took a decade, but the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that makes progress on protecting the state’s waters and keeps...

The coronavirus pandemic has created a challenging climate for small businesses. Financial concerns are butting up against public health interests. With that challenge...

A few years ago when Eddie Harrison reoriented his business, BAT Onsite, toward servicing advanced onsite systems and away from excavation, other...

Southwestern Wisconsin residents are in the middle of a controversy about drinking water. There is contamination from animal and human waste, concern...

A three-bedroom cottage sold after the owner agreed to replace the dry well before the closing date. Despite a catch basin, the...

In northern Maryland, BAT Onsite is fairly new on the scene. The same isn’t true of its owner, who has been building...

The rise of COVID-19 has tested all of us in ways we never previously imagined. Small-business owners have felt a particularly big...

In its response to the corona virus pandemic, the federal government earlier this month identified you as essential critical infrastructure workers. At...

On our websites, in our advertisements, in our marketing messages, we all do this one thing: We talk about ourselves. And while...

The debate over establishing a statewide septic code in Michigan is ongoing. Kalkaska County commissioners tried to drop their point-of-sale inspection program for...

Waxahachie, Texas, on the edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, is in a geologic area of clay soils, fractured rock and limestone....

During the 2018 summer season, wastewater ponding at the toe of a drainfield alerted the owner of a nonprofit girls camp in...

It’s been more than a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the...

Relationships matter — not just in your personal life, but in your business life, too. Start with the obvious point: Long-term relationships...

Many people are good bosses. Some people are great bosses. A handful go even further: They’re phenomenal, not only because of what...

One of the most recent implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the complete overhaul of the W-4 form. With...

A decade ago, Martin Septic Service was a large and diverse wastewater services provider. Through circumstances and choice, it’s now much smaller....