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After you install a new onsite system and you’re explaining its limitations to the homeowners, do you ever wonder how well they’re...

Blue Angel sump backup systemThe Sump Minder battery backup system from Blue Angel Pumps provides up to 230 hours of basement protection....

Last month we looked at preliminary information obtained in a site evaluation and why it is important for an installer to understand...

Designers of alternative onsite systems have a very real challenge in states that don’t mandate operation and maintenance. I characterize systems designed...

I was at a local government meeting in my hometown a while back where we learned a glut of developable single family...

MINNESOTAWater softener regenerate research John Novak, keynote speaker at the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association conference and lead researcher on the water softener regenerate...

As the owner of a 25-year-old business, I’ve learned the ins and outs of growing a company from the bottom up. Here...

I remember as a young boy using the outhouse on my grandmother’s farm. She had indoor plumbing by that time, but the...

Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...

Homeowners with septic systems in a Montana county fear the local health department is asking too many personal questions about how they...

A number jumped out at me while reading a report this morning about a proposed septic system disclosure rule for real estate...

GPS Insight, a technology provider of GPS fleet tracking software, has upgraded its dashboard mapping and browser-based mapping to Google Maps. This...

In this final installment of a three-part series on ways installers and other onsite industry professionals can market their businesses, we’ll focus...

Bio-Microbics' Blodig receives STEP Award Allison Blodig, director of regulatory affairs for Bio-Microbics, received the Women in Manufacturing STEP (science, technology, engineering and...

This month and next, we'll look at proper site evaluation procedures and techniques. While it's not necessarily part of an installer's responsibility...

As April showers look to push up May flowers, you’re probably stacking up system install jobs for the summer right about now....

Oldcastle Precast and Oldcastle Architectural announce the U.S. launch of their new low impact development (LID) stormwater management system, PermeCapture, an all-inclusive...