Listening to onsite system expert Bill Stuth talk about “Repair and Recovery of Sand Filters” at an Oregon Onsite Waste-water Association annual...
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5 Tips for Dump Truck Shoppers
If you’re like most onsite system contractors, you buy a dump truck for one reason — to make money. The best way...
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In Time for the Bell
Plumbing a new subdivision, four restaurants and several businesses into the Breitling Elementary School Waste Water Treatment Plant in Grand Bay, Ala.,...
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Maryland Toughens Rules for Systems Near Chesapeake Bay
The General Assembly approved legislation that will require thousands of homeowners within 1,000 feet of Chesapeake Bay and Ocean City tidal waterways...
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Looking Inside
Question:Can someone tell me the steps to performing a septic system inspection that would certify a system’s working condition? Inspections are being...
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Why So Many Differences?
Picture this: Two homesites on opposite sides of a river that forms a state border. The proposed homes are about the same...
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‘This Isn’t My Job.’ Or Is It?
When we talk to installers at our workshops about what should make up a good site evaluation, a number of them always...
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Step by Step
Andrew Gunia knows the answer will almost always be: Yes. He knows it even before the phone rings at his company, A...
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Living Solution
Extending the city sewer to its new middle and high school buildings would cost Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, N.C., more than...
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Industry News - August 2009
Former McDermott Co. President DiesThomas McDermott Sr., 76, former president of the A.I. McDermott Co., Oshkosh, Wis., passed away July 17. McDermott...
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Mighty Tight Squeeze
Sewage backing up in a three-bedroom home on Lake Carmel in Carmel, N.Y., had created a hazardous mold condition under a bathroom...
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Industry News - July 2009
Infiltrator Acquires Ring Industrial GroupInfiltrator Systems Inc. has acquired Ring Industrial Group LP of Oakland, Tenn., manufacturer of the EZflow brand of...
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Electronic Watchdogs
Self-diagnostic System Check It panels from Alderon Industries provide push-button troubleshooting and the ability to control, monitor and self-diagnose septic systems. The...
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Draining It Right
Media filter drainage systems or underdrains are an important part of filter design and operation. If they are not installed properly, the...
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Are You Participating?
"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all...
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Pick Up Your Truck
As useful as your pickup truck is, chances are you can make it even more valuable by cleaning up clutter and using...
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Soils and Savvy
Septic system installers know how to move dirt and lay pipe. Al Roggenkamp believes two other skills are a must for running...









