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October Association News
Exempting Surface Discharge
The July Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association newsletter details members’ efforts to stop legislation to offset the cost of replacing...
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System Repair/Drainfield Rejuvenation
Biofilter replacement for seasonal homes
Problem
Two summer homes on a 100,000-square-foot island in Lake George, N.Y., had defective onsite systems. A barge pump...
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System Repair/Drainfield Rejuvenation
Drainfield restoration
Septic-Scrub drainfield flow restorer from Arcan Enterprises is a chemical treatment that oxidizes sulfides and releases oxygen into the drainfield. This...
Editorial
Sand, Surf and Septage
Onsite systems at 16 beaches on Santa Monica Bay, Calif., had exceeded their useful lives. Most were at risk of overflows and...
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Pumps in Dosing Systems
Last month we wrote about systems in which a pump delivers effluent or sewage to a location where the rest of the...
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Caring for Media Filters
For those riding the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome aboard the systematic process of evaluating the components of an onsite...
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Healthy Alternative
For 12 months or longer, sewage ponded under a three-bedroom mobile home in Alkol, W.Va., until it spread 30 feet beyond the...
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August Association News
Streamlining Rules
Waste Water Nova Scotia held focus meetings with industry professionals around the province to learn which legislative issues needed clarification or...
Editorial
What is a Hydraulic Load Test?
This month we take a detour from our journey through onsite wastewater treatment systems to address a topic that has been raised...
Editorial
Large-Scale and Commercial Onsite Treatment Systems
Residential membrane bioreactor
Problem
Alternative Wastewater Systems in Caldwell, Idaho, wanted to test the BioBarrier membrane bioreactor from Bio-Microbics in a residential installation. Ryan...
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Seeking Higher Ground
There isn’t much high ground south of New Orleans. Contour lines on topographic maps are far apart, and the water table is...
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Large-Scale and Commercial Onsite Treatment Systems
Lightweight pumps
The cast-iron CPEH5 pump from Champion Pump is designed for applications where effluent must be pumped through a long run of...
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August Product News
SJE-Rhombus Expands Floatless Technology Option
C-Level floatless technology from SJE-Rhombus has been expanded to include Installer Friendly Series Three Phase Demand/TD and Capacitor...
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July Association News
Oil Field Wastewater Tanks
The Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association Industry spring newsletter warns installers that wastewater treatment plants decommissioned from oil fields...
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Pulling Together
An engineer in St. Charles County, Mo., hired 18-year-olds to do his percolation tests, designed the onsite systems on his kitchen table,...
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In Control
For those reading this series on the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome to the process of evaluating the components of...











