Onsite Septic Systems and ATUs

A major kitchen addition to a traditional English pub in Carp, Ontario, required a review of the 1,200 gpd onsite system. Although...

As we travel around the country, we often talk to installers about aboveground systems. We explain how soil treatment mound systems and,...

Device conceals septic ventsProblemA homeowner in Sharon, Mass., spent thousands on a new porch and landscaping and wanted to disguise the 3-foot-tall...

A two-year recovery after a car wreck gave Udell Dooley time to consider his future. Combining his love of the outdoors with...

Vermeer S450TX mini skid-steerThe S450TX mini skid-steer from Vermeer has a 500-pound operating capacity with 1,430-pound tipping capacity. Features include a four-pump...

Line splitterThe Tru-Flow Splitter system from Clarus Environmental can split wastewater effluent flows from 0.1 gpm to 30 gpm into two to...

Koniag, an Alaska Native corporation, is building a world-class bear viewing and research facility on Camp Island in Karluk Lake on Kodiak...

You might think raw sewage running through yards would be a thing of the past in the United States. Yet it is...

Three solar tanks, a lagoon, and a marsh inside a 28- by 48-foot greenhouse treat wastewater from 50 people in an office...

Combination system reduces footprintProblemThe drainfield had failed on the onsite system serving a three-bedroom home in Juneau, Alaska. The lot was too...

ADS opens Michigan facility, agrees to acquisitionAdvanced Drainage Systems Inc. opened a manufacturing plant in Clifford, Mich. The facility is the company’s...

Outback Porta-Jon is a multi-faceted business that installs onsite systems, pumps, tanks, and rents portable toilets from Huntingtown, Md. Owners Steve and...

Second stage nitrificationNitriFAST systems from Bio-Microbics provide second stage nitrification when wastewater contains higher than normal nitrogen levels or when effluent requirements...

Gold miners at the remote Brucejack 150-man camp north of Stewart, B.C., had to dig latrines by hand. Helicopters air-lifted preassembled timber...

High-efficiency effluent pumpThe 1/2 hp CPSTEP512 pump from Champion Pump Company pumps up to 85 total dynamic head (TDH). The 1/2-inch solids...

Two single-pass buried sand filters with direct discharge to a protected trout stream failed an 80-bed rehabilitation facility for homeless men in...

Bryan Turner sees a little of himself in his son, Brandon, when they work together in the family’s onsite installation company. “I...