Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

State legislation offering regulatory exemptions to a potentially large number of recreational, short-term rental properties passed the Colorado State Senate but failed...

Many homes in the rural areas around the southwest Michigan city of Grand Rapids were built 30 to 50 years ago. This...

Problem: A homebuilder was challenged with providing onsite treatment and disposal for a proposed three-bedroom dwelling on St. George Island in Florida,...

Problem: Camp Akita, a 1,200-acre camp in Ohio operated by the First Community Church, faced a critical challenge in 2013. The existing...

In a letter published in The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, the Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds is asking the Vermont House...

George Allen, owner of Desert Septic in Casa Grande, Arizona, reckoned the best way to improve relationships between onsite installers and inspectors...

Over 20% of households rely on septic systems, yet their abundance varies across states. Why? Let’s take a closer look at why...

I saw a question in an online group for onsite installers: “Bed or trench — is one better?” The responses to the...

Tom with Team Elmer’s out of Northern Michigan takes us through the manufacturing of a concrete septic tank! First up is to...

Key Peninsula residents in Washington state are asking the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to start a self-inspection training program for homeowners. Homeowners...

Problem: A winery and wedding venue at a turn-of-the-century farm located in Loudoun County, Virginia, needed to upgrade its wastewater treatment system...

Terry Novak moved away from concrete tanks and rock-and-pipe drainfields for onsite systems about 15 years ago. He uses plastic tanks and...

In 2008, the nonprofit Turning Point Community Development Corporation opened on the property of a former car dealership in Henderson, North Carolina,...

To maintain aerobic conditions, large quantities of oxygen must be provided. If the influent to the ATU has an ultimate BOD of...

Sequencing batch reactor enables camp to make plant upgrade Problem: Camp Akita, a 1,200-acre camp in Ohio operated by the First Community Church,...

ATU Anua Synergy BioCoir QuadModThe Synergy BioCoir QuadMod from Anua is focused on the small commercial market. Systems are a recirculating media biofilter...

WOWRA (Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association) just had its 50th anniversary conference. During that conference, founding member Wayne Pett gave a heartfelt...