Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

The Fairfield Glade Community Club development is certainly big enough for a wastewater treatment plant with a conventional stream discharge. The trouble...

Japan has a bit different way of looking at residential wastewater treatment. Systems need to be efficient and effective, but most importantly...

Recently a colleague of mine pointed out that he is seeing lots of pictures in magazines of beds going in to serve...

There are several reasons you may be testing the ammonia (NH3) or nitrate (NO3) in a septic system.1. Direct-discharging system - If...

If you have been doing any reading in magazines for wastewater treatment plant operators you have seen quite a discussion about wipes...

Some Maryland home builders say well-intentioned laws, such as septic system requirements, are pricing some potential homeowners out of the market. Since...

Installers may want to pass along the following information from the National Environmental Services Center to any low-income customers who may need...

Welcome to the third annual SepticSmart Week, an outreach initiative supported by the EPA, which runs Sept. 21-25. The goal of SepticSmart...

pH is a term used to describe the relative amount of acidity or basicity in the wastewater. Low pH values indicate a...

Here are the answers to the practice problem for the month of September.I have a cylindrical (round) tank that has a diameter of 4 feet and...

Here’s your practice problem for the month of September.I have a cylindrical (round) tank that has a diameter of 4 feet and is 5.5 feet...

Designs for the new Crow River Winery near Hutchinson, Minnesota, included tasting rooms, an education and reception area, an events center with...

To the editor:You have hit a “home run” with the June Editor’s Notebook story titled “Call Your Congressman.” I am one of...

When Matt Vinson was brought in to design a new system at Blackshear Lake in Georgia, the job requirements were clear although...

Energy-efficient system treats to NSF Standard 40Problem: A homeowner building a new energy-efficient three-bedroom home in Riverton, Illinois, was looking for a...

One reader who worked through the first Onsite Arithmetic problem made a couple of good points that should be clarified for subsequent problems...

A property developer has been sued by the Missouri attorney general for selling lots he said had approved onsite septic systems when...