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Long-awaited California regulations take effect this month
Much-delayed onsite wastewater laws for California take effect May 13. The new policies follow years of work in response to AB-885, which...
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Always Flexible
Success was a long, winding road for Timothy and Reba Davis of TR Davis in Branchland, W.Va. Although world events once threatened...
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Setting Up Camp
An oil support services company decided to build a camp for 220 workers outside Fairview, Mont., to serve oil production in the...
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Drainfield Media & Design
Combined Treatment SystemThe Puraflo Peat Fiber Biofilter from Anua can be designed and installed as a combined treatment and effluent dispersal system....
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Product News - May 2013
Blue Angel sump backup systemThe Sump Minder battery backup system from Blue Angel Pumps provides up to 230 hours of basement protection....
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Industry News - May 2013
ADS opens Canadian distribution yardAdvanced Drainage Systems opened a product distribution site in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada. ADS has 56 manufacturing plants and...
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Scratch Beneath the Surface
Last month we looked at preliminary information obtained in a site evaluation and why it is important for an installer to understand...
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Who Performs Maintenance?
Designers of alternative onsite systems have a very real challenge in states that don’t mandate operation and maintenance. I characterize systems designed...
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Keep It Cool
One of the best practices for maintaining equipment like skid-steers, mini-excavators and other machines used by onsite system installers is inspection of...
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Are You Getting Busy?
I was at a local government meeting in my hometown a while back where we learned a glut of developable single family...
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Drainfield Media & Design
Onsite sand filter system required for site with shallow water tableProblem
A planned sand filter septic system for an Iowa farm was redesigned...
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Association News - May 2013
MINNESOTAWater softener regenerate research
John Novak, keynote speaker at the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association conference and lead researcher on the water softener regenerate...
Online Exclusives
7 Tips for Startup Business Owners
As the owner of a 25-year-old business, I’ve learned the ins and outs of growing a company from the bottom up. Here...
Blogs
When's the last time you ran into an outhouse on the job?
I remember as a young boy using the outhouse on my grandmother’s farm. She had indoor plumbing by that time, but the...
Online Exclusives
Troubleshooting: Excessive Corrosion Around the Outlet Baffle
Suppose you arrive at the site, open the septic tank and find that the outlet baffle in the concrete tank is severely...
Blogs
It’s not Big Brother, It’s about septic system maintenance
Homeowners with septic systems in a Montana county fear the local health department is asking too many personal questions about how they...
Online Exclusives
New Tank Alert AB DUO alarm monitors two levels
SJE-Rhombus, an industry provider of quality control solutions for water and wastewater applications, introduces the Tank Alert AB DUO alarm system designed...
















