Oil Field Wastewater Tanks
The Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association Industry spring newsletter warns installers that wastewater treatment plants decommissioned from oil fields...
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Understanding Pumping Systems
In keeping with our tour of onsite treatment systems, we now turn to pumping systems. Of course, one aspect of pumping systems...
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Pulling Together
An engineer in St. Charles County, Mo., hired 18-year-olds to do his percolation tests, designed the onsite systems on his kitchen table,...
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Bringing Home the Benjamins
His hair was soaked with nervous perspiration; around his waist rested the champion’s belt; in his hand were clutched ten crisp $100...
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June Rules and Regs
Missouri
The attorney general recommended that Camden, Miller, Benton, and Morgan counties work together to create a regional sewer district whose boundaries surround...
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Thriving in Paradise
Tom Hoeffken, a third-generation entrepreneur, grew up in the excavating business his grandfather started in the 1890s.
Today, he and his son, Gabe,...
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May Association News
Champion to Children
Members of the Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professional Association (IOWPA) helped New Song Mission, a Christian nonprofit organization, in building homes...
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Placing the Tank
In the past two issues, we have reviewed definitions of sewage tanks and the design considerations for septic tanks. This month we...
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Why Do They Break Down?
It is a fact of chemistry and physics that hydrogen sulfide gas will be produced in all septic tanks as organic waste...
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Virginia Acts on Nitrogen Reduction
The Virginia state EPA-approved Watershed Implementation Plan includes nitrogen-reducing onsite systems and pumping of septic tanks every five years. Implementation would require...
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Engineered Excellence
By inventing new products and finding innovative ways to deploy emerging onsite technologies, R.C. Worst & Company stays on the cutting edge...
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Delivering Options
Imagine that you’re an onsite professional trying to help the mayor or town chairman of a very small rural community — a...
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Maryland Launches Grants for System Upgrades
The Maryland Board of Public Works has announced a program to upgrade onsite sewage disposal systems. The $4.17 million in grants will...
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Zero Discharge
Lake Simcoe, the largest inland lake in southern Ontario, suffers from acute nutrient loading. Environment Canada was concerned about contamination even from...
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Product News - March 2011
Infiltrator Offers TW Series Septic Tanks
TW Series triple-wall septic tanks from Infiltrator Systems Inc.are designed for long-term, water-tight performance. The low-profile,...
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Maryland Association Gears Up to Address Proposed Septic System Ban
The Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association has taken up the cause for the industry in the face of a proposal from Governor...







