Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

Washington’s Camano Island and nearby lands have many properties where shallow hardpan layers or high water tables pose challenges for onsite treatment...

Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill that addresses water...

In August 2020, the University of Minnesota’s Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP) conducted a brief follow-up study of four commonly purchased recreational...

E-Z Treat system creates environment for bacterial growth E-Z Treat recirculating synthetic media filter systems are designed to create the ideal setting for...

A proposal to increase residential development in the Dolores River valley has residents of Montezuma County, Colorado, concerned about water quality and...

A drip dispersal system is a small-diameter pressurized effluent distribution system that can deliver small, precise doses of effluent to the soil...

Commercial properties such as restaurants and convenience stores typically require high levels of oxygen to facilitate the breakdown of organics in their...

Restaurants and convenience stores produce wastewater that’s high strength. Designing for commercial facilities is far more challenging than designing for residential wastewater....

Laser levels have become an important tool to set elevations during construction of septic systems. They are easy to use, and only...

The California State Water Resources Control Board is working on an update to its winery wastewater rules. The order would affect more...

Taking wastewater samples from a septic system is an important task regularly performed by service providers, operators and maintainers along with designers...

Scienco/FAST - a division of BioMicrobics Inc. receives NSF/ANSI Standard 61 certificationScienco/FAST - a division of BioMicrobics Inc. announced its Scienco Systems product...

GSF system a fit for site with compacted soil Problem: A two-bedroom home in Lawrence County, Indiana, had a failing system with effluent...

Advanced Treatment UnitsBioMicrobics BioBarrier HSMBRThe BioBarrier HSMBR (High Strength Membrane Bioreactor) system from BioMicrobics offers onsite installers an alternative way to treat...

America's 78 million-plus dogs collectively deposit 10 million tons of waste per year. That is enough to fill over 268,000 tractor trailers....

There are potentially two or three compartments of an ATU that will need cleaning at some point. With some units these compartments...

A New York representative has introduced a bill in Congress to remove the federal tax on grants that help people repair or...