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May Product News
Equaris Offers Greywater Treatment System
The three-tank Greywater Treatment System from Equaris Corp. features a series of wastewater treatment and filtration tanks. The...
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Virginia Acts on Nitrogen Reduction
The Virginia state EPA-approved Watershed Implementation Plan includes nitrogen-reducing onsite systems and pumping of septic tanks every five years. Implementation would require...
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Compact Alternative
The owner of a four-bedroom home in Rochester, N.Y., noticed some wet spots on his 15- by 10-foot drainfield. As the civil...
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Engineered Excellence
By inventing new products and finding innovative ways to deploy emerging onsite technologies, R.C. Worst & Company stays on the cutting edge...
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Association News
North of the Border
Saskatchewan Health asked the Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association (WCOWMA) to edit the Onsite Wastewater Practitioner training program...
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Septic Tank Designs
This continues our series on selection, location and installation of septic tanks. When we think of septic tanks, we include tanks of...
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Delivering Options
Imagine that you’re an onsite professional trying to help the mayor or town chairman of a very small rural community — a...
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Aerobic Treatment Units
Aerated batch reactor saves homeowner thousands
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The Clermont County (Ohio) Health Department discovered effluent surfacing from a failed drainfield and required the homeowner...
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Tools & Technology
The 31st Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International closed a four-year run in Louisville with 3,644 companies, cities and utilities represented...
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April Industry News
SJE-Rhombus Hosts U.S. Senator
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) visited the SJE-Rhombus headquarters in Detroit Lakes, Minn., in January to learn more about the...
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Letters to the Editor
Fan of Fritts
You could not have picked a better company to use on your cover than Residential Sewage Treatment (Onsite Installer, March...
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Aerobic Treatment Units
High-strength wastewater aerobic digester
The Nibbler SBP (square backflush pod) high-strength waste treatment system from Aqua Test handles loads greater than 300 mg/l...
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A Quiet Force for Progress
There’s a group of unsung heroes in the onsite wastewater industry. It goes by a somewhat inconvenient name: The Consortium of Institutes...
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Maryland Launches Grants for System Upgrades
The Maryland Board of Public Works has announced a program to upgrade onsite sewage disposal systems. The $4.17 million in grants will...
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Zero Discharge
Lake Simcoe, the largest inland lake in southern Ontario, suffers from acute nutrient loading. Environment Canada was concerned about contamination even from...
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Starting Young
Two weeks after graduating from high school, while his friends were enjoying the beach, Jason Walter had started learning onsite systems as...
















