Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

If a screen requires servicing more frequently than anticipated by design, either the effluent screen or the wastewater characteristics should be evaluated...

The new EZconnex Float Switch Connection System from SJE-Rhombus eliminates junction boxes inside the wet well where bad connections or water wicking down...

The effluent that leaves the septic tank comes from the clear zone to minimize the solids loading on the downstream components of...

Unless you’re planning to retire in a short time, membrane bioreactors will almost certainly have a place in your business — probably...

Here is another short quiz to test your knowledge of operation and maintenance principles. The questions are meant to promote discussion and...

Here are the answers to O&M Quiz No. 2.1. T or F - Settling around the riser of a new septic tank may be...

When he meets an obstacle during a job, Nick Herrera doesn’t always go through it or over it. He goes under it...

Nick Herrara, owner of NH Construction in Paradise, California, tried to break into the restaurant business and leave septic work behind him....

Tank Holding acquired Agri Plastics’s material-handling division Tank Holding Corp., which includes polyethylene tank manufacturers Norwesco and Snyder Industries, has acquired Agri Plastics’...

Clean sand is specified as treatment media in many soil treatment areas, such as mounds and media filters. Sand used for these...

After years in the wastewater business, Nick Herrera didn’t go big. He went the other way, and in the process found that...

The growing number of states allowing marijuana for recreational or medicinal use opens another business area for wastewater professionals, as Zeiter’s Septics...

There are several reasons an existing onsite system would require a compliance inspection. A number of states — Minnesota included — require...

One of the many things that has changed significantly over the years I have been involved with the industry has been the...

New studies indicate that the fibers in our clothes could be poisoning our waterways and food chain on a massive scale. Microfibers...

A November report from the Virginia Department of Health outlines a strategy for privatizing the evaluation and design for onsite wastewater systems...

Dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that removes waste and extra fluid from the blood using a filter. There are two main types:Hemodialysis...