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Calendar of Events Aug. 2-4 Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Convention and Trade Show, Ocean Center, Daytona Beach. Contact FOWA at 321/363-1590 or www.fowaonsite.com. Aug. 24-25 Georgia...

In a booming regional economy, Paul Swoyer Septics has tapped into a limitless market with innovative construction, compensation and marketing.An upscale, high-value...

Various factors affect the lifespan of an onsite wastewater treatment system. To better understand the lifespan and what causes malfunctions, some states...

Referrals from satisfied customers bring a continual flow of business to Christman’s Septic Service, even in a down economy.“We solve people’s problems,...

A major kitchen addition to a traditional English pub in Carp, Ontario, required a review of the 1,200 gpd onsite system. Although...

A two-year recovery after a car wreck gave Udell Dooley time to consider his future. Combining his love of the outdoors with...

Florida The Senate Environmental Preservation Committee approved a measure that would limit mandatory onsite inspections to counties with first-magnitude springs. The bill (SB...

You might think raw sewage running through yards would be a thing of the past in the United States. Yet it is...

We have been looking at systems that use gravity to move the effluent. This month we complete this part of the discussion...

Rep. Chris Dorworth introduced legislation that would repeal mandatory five-year septic tank inspections and give local governments the power to regulate them....

Gold miners at the remote Brucejack 150-man camp north of Stewart, B.C., had to dig latrines by hand. Helicopters air-lifted preassembled timber...

Iowa curriculum advances Members of the Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association completed their fourth quarter of developing a curriculum for maintaining advanced onsite...

There are two primary methods of delivering septic effluent to the soil treatment area by gravity: The distribution box and the drop...

Powerblanket multi-duty heating blanketThe multi-duty heating blanket from Powerblanket can thaw frozen ground (up to 24 inches deep) and protect construction materials...

Carroll County commissioner says the State of Maryland is “cooking the books” in a study of the contribution of septic systems to...

Before we move on to more specific discussions of installing soil treatment units in the coming months, we want to finish our...

Fountain Square Theatre, a two-minute cab ride from downtown Indianapolis, only a mile and a half from downtown Indianapolis at the intersection...