The ECOPOD-D advanced wastewater treatment system is versatile. That is the idea the staff from Pentair Flow Technologies wanted attendees at the...
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Editorial
‘I’m Afraid I Have Bad News’
How many times have you responded to a routine septic tank maintenance call only to find a problem that requires a significant...
Videos
Arizona installer sees big future in ATUs and maintenance packages
In the Arizona desert, Hornick Contracting has made a name and a niche by focusing on a substance more valuable than the...
Editorial
Missouri Church Gets Advanced Onsite System With A Large Dripfield
Gravestones in the cemetery next to Log Providence Missionary Baptist Church testify to the congregation’s longevity in central Missouri. Some stones are...
Online Exclusives
ATU Inspection in 3 Easy Steps
For an inspection where the expectation is an assessment of the general operation of an aerobic treatment unit, such as for a...
Online Exclusives
ATU Components You Should Know
I have been told by others in the industry that there are approximately 200 different kinds of aerobic treatment units that are...
Editorial
Drainfield Media And Design
Aerated filter system rejuvenates drainfieldProblem: Every home in Glenwood, a 300-home subdivision built in the 1970s in Nebraska, used an individual septic...
Editorial
Wisconsin Installer Is On The Rebound From Local Economic Woes
Even a historic recession and the closing of a huge automotive plant in the heart of its trade area couldn’t stop Fanning...
Online Exclusives
How Well Do You Know Your ATUs?
As a service provider, it’s important to know what type of ATU you are dealing with. The unit types are: suspended growth,...
Online Exclusives
Wastewater Loads and the ATU
Both hydraulic and organic loading need to be considered when making a decision about which type of advanced treatment system to select...
Online Exclusives
An Introduction to ATUs
Aerobic treatment units are nothing more than small, modified packaged plants modeled after large wastewater treatment plants that are used to treat...
Online Exclusives
3 Tips for Educating Homeowners
As an installer you get called for two main types of onsite septic system jobs: putting in a new system for a...
Blogs
Dog Saves the Day – and the Septic System
If this isn’t a case for getting homeowners on a regular septic-pumping schedule, I don’t know what is.A piece published recently on...
Online Exclusives
Tell Me More About These Dosing Siphons
As part of recent reader-submitted questions on dosing siphons, there was an inquiry about the squirt height in small-diameter pipe. There are...
Editorial
Master The Message About Effective Use Of Onsite Systems
With an appropriate design and users who follow best practices for care and maintenance, onsite systems are a suitable and efficient way...
Online Exclusives
The ABCs of Soil Perc Testing Success
Soil naturally treats and degrades organic matter, destroys pathogens and acts as a filter to remove contaminants from water. Because the soil...
Online Exclusives
How the Heck Does a Siphon Dose a Drainfield?
A reader recently submitted some questions about the use and operation of siphons in onsite systems. An increasing number of systems are...











