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For septic installation contractors, compact excavators are often the most important machine on the job site. Whether digging tank holes, trenching laterals...

Delta County Environmental Health in Colorado gathered with septic cleaners, installers and engineers to discuss upcoming state regulatory changes for the industry,...

Effluent Pumps Boerger BLUElineBoerger BLUEline rotary lobe pumps are self-priming, valveless positive displacement pumps used for conveying viscous and abrasive materials. They are...

Name and title or job description: Robert Sweeney, M.S., registered environmental health specialist, president of Environmental Management Systems Inc.Business name and location:...

A residence in the Malvern area of Pennsylvania needed a replacement septic system due to a failing cesspool. Easy enough, right? Not...

The Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show provides an overwhelming amount of innovation, education and networking. It’s easy to spend...

Friction loss is the reduction in pressure of liquid flowing through pipe and associated devices as a result of contact between the...

Rick Viita and his team rarely encounter the deep and permeable soils that onsite installers prefer.In northeastern Minnesota’s St. Louis County, in...

Root intrusion is one of the most common and most overlooked issues found during onsite wastewater treatment system inspections. While many inspectors...

Gravity dosing distribution boxes are used to evenly spread treated wastewater from the septic tank to the drainfield, maximizing its life by...

Failing aerobic treatment unit and direct discharge system repaired UV unit Problem: An existing direct discharge system was designed to provide secondary treatment...

AdvanTex AX20 units are a dependable, proven technology for treating residential septic tank effluent to better-than-secondary standards, including nitrogen reduction. AX20 treatment...

BioMicrobics MicroFast Flex 0.5 wastewater treatment The new Flex 0.5 from BioMicrobics gives installers and engineers greater freedom to design systems without the...

Problem: A customer in St. Joseph’s County, Indiana, had a failed bootleg/illegal system at his home. The homeowner is a veteran on...

This video explains the differences between standard residential septic systems and advanced treatment systems. It describes how Orenco's AdvanTex textile treatment system...

Dean and Joan Hanson had always imagined building their dream house on their lot on Lake Andrew in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It...

Walk into any septic services or plumbing shop across the country and ask the boss what keeps them up at night. Chances are,...