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Windows to Performance
Plastic chambers are becoming a standard in onsite treatment leachfield design. However, installers are often on their own when it comes to...
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System Inspections
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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Saving the Cottage
A couple remodeling a summer cottage in Hatfield, Wis., into a two-bedroom retirement home asked Rich Halverson of Halverson Plumbing in Black...
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Association News
New NOWRA DirectorJessica Finney has replaced Alan Gale as executive director of the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA). Since March 2008,...
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Industry News - February 2009
Bord na Mona Installs Bioreactor SystemBord na Mona Environmental Products U.S. Inc. has installed a PuraM Membrane Bioreactor wastewater treatment system at...
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Quality First
When Chris White started his business more than 50 years ago, he painted two words on his first truck: Quality Work.“He believed...
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Alberta Group Looks at Regional Association
The Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association (AOWMA) board of directors is examining the feasibility of forming the Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management...
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Make Your Machine More Useful
Thanks to a variety of attachments, like augers, hydraulic hammers, grapples and pallet forks, there’s more than one way to make money...
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Installers Dig It
NOWRA’s fourth annual Installer Academy attracted more than 180 industry professionals and vendors to Las Vegas, Nev., for three days of learning...
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“I Can’t Afford It”
While I was working on one of my first jobs and trying to keep a young family afloat, a dentist I met...
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Staking the Site
Imagine this scenario: You are meeting at the site with the local inspector, looking at tire tracks left by the cement truck...
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The Business Connection
A track of seminars presented by the Leaders Resource Network (LRN) highlights the business education lineup at the 2009 Pumper & Cleaner...
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Finishing the Job
In previous articles, we have discussed the importance of locating an onsite system in an area where you can establish a good...
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That Extra “Degree”
There’s a popular motivation program out there known as 212°. The metaphor behind it is that at 211 degrees, you have hot...
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They Were Pioneers
More than 20 years ago, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health started an onsite system inspection program. In this county surrounding Cleveland...









