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Proper training costs money — lots of money. Recently my company purchased a piece of equipment for $14,000. Three employees had proper training...

Designing wastewater systems for campgrounds and RV parks is challenging. After all, what kind of a system can offer the process stability...

For projects with shallow-bury needs or limited space, the Orenco Systems AdvanTex AX-RT with ClickTight is the solution. It comes complete from...

Standard operating procedures, or SOPs, are the backbone of safe, consistent and efficient pumping operations. They define how work gets done, reduce...

Attending education sessions and involvement in industry associations are two ways you can continue to expand your knowledge and improve your skills....

It usually starts small. A measurement is slightly off, a connection is rushed, or a step gets skipped because it “should be...

Sustainability is often seen as a constraint in construction; another requirement layered onto already complex projects. But what if it could help solve some of the...

Once you’ve grown past five employees, winging it stops working. You cannot keep eyes on everything yourself, and you cannot personally train...

For 11 years I coached seventh and eighth grade tackle football. I wanted to be the best coach I could be, so...

A community outreach and informational meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be rescheduled after an attempt to meet at a local YMCA...

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

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...

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,...

Orenco Controls engineers custom control panels and telemetry systems for residential and commercial systems, municipal water and wastewater systems, manufacturing controls, and...

Orenco's Biotube ProPak is a complete, integrated pump package for filtering and pumping effluent from septic tanks or pump tanks. It’s designed...

Attending education sessions and involvement in industry associations are two ways you can continue to expand your knowledge and improve your skills....