April 2011 Issue of Onsite Installer

Jason Walter gets an early and fast start as a progressive installer and a source of onsite advice for his customers

News; Calendar of Events; Training & Education

Tanks must be designed, configured and installed in ways that allow adequate detention time for effective anaerobic treatment

Here’s a tool for helping small communities that don’t need big-pipe sewer systems evaluate and compare affordable treatment alternatives

Aerated batch reactor saves homeowner thousands; Alternative passive technology replaces a conventional drainfield; Recirculating trickle filter discharges to sensitive waters; Passive biofilter comes ready to install; Robust solution for a coffee shop; ATU resolves a problem on a confined lot; Packed-bed filter replaces a failed sand filter; Aerobic packed-bed bioreactor treats high-strength wastewater

The 2011 Pumper & Cleaner Expo offered installers a look at the latest tools and technology

SJE-Rhombus Hosts U.S. Senator; Bear Onsite, Jackel Form BEAR-JACK Alliance; WAYNE Water Systems Names Murphy VP

Fan of Fritts; Flies a Good Thing?

The Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment supplies the onsite industry with an abundance of educational resources

The Maryland Board of Public Works has announced a program to upgrade onsite sewage disposal systems. The $4.17 million in grants will go to counties to upgrade septic systems to remove nitrogen and keep it from getting into the Chesapeake Bay.

A bio-engineered system harnesses the natural process of evapotranspiration to treat wastewater in a closed system at a Parks Canada lock in Ontario