Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

The Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association is one of the largest in the country, with about 400 members representing installation and maintenance...

As an installer, at some point in time you will be asked to abandon an existing system or part of a system...

Venturing down holes to evaluate a rock’s ability to support building foundations wasn’t as appealing to geologist Tim Petz as communicating with...

Some in Ohio are expressing alarm over the state considering rule changes for septic design and installation for the first time since...

A few years ago I was involved in a class where we visited several houses that had various media filters as a...

I was out shopping the other night at a warehouse store when I came upon boxes of flushable wipes in the paper...

With this issue, we complete the series on the “politics of inspections” by focusing on ways that the installer can earn or...

The City of Malibu Environmental Sustainability Division will host the California Onsite Wastewater Association for five days of valuable onsite wastewater education...

In the past year, we’ve posted hundreds of stories to OnsiteInstaller.com. They include everything we know you love — company profiles, blogs,...

Following a previous article on homeowner water usage, we received an email from a reader challenging the toilet as the largest water-using...

Quanics pressure distribution valvesPressure distribution valves and valve assembly packages from Quanics are available in two to six outlets, enabling a single...

Speaking with pumpers, installers and inspectors about Premier Tech Aqua’s self-cleaning DiUV ultraviolet disinfection system, the company’s regional supervisor Mike Kaub says...

With onsite systems largely regulated at the state and local level, it’s easy to overlook the impact of the U.S. Environmental Protection...

In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a nonprofit recycling group is offering up its processed glass waste to anyone who will take it, and...

Plan to get down and dirty Dec. 5 on World Soil Day! I just received a press release proclaiming the celebration of...

Do generous local grants to encourage septic system upgrades work? You bet they do, if one small program in New York is...

Returning momentarily to part three of this series where we discussed mutual respect as a requirement between the installer and the inspector...