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Drainfield trenches should be installed level and on the contour. If surfacing occurs at the end of one or more trenches, they...

Year after year, organizations fund grant programs to improve water quality by helping people repair or replace failing onsite systems, and a...

Soil compaction can bring serious consequences to septic system performance. Any soil treatment area (STA) — whether it is below grade with...

Sometimes when troubleshooting an onsite system, the answers do not seem to come and there are no immediately visible signs of something...

How often do you perform maintenance work on the same system for 20 years? Will the systems you install still be functioning...

Josh Wood says he’s done only three septic jobs in five years that he would consider easy or routine. The rest have...

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The area over and around the soil treatment area should be evaluated to determine the potential for extra water being added to...

As the owner of an onsite business, you need your customers to pay you — the sooner, the better. Your cash flow...

Previously I discussed looking at troubleshooting indicators in the residence and in the sewer pipe from the house to the septic tanks. Now we turn...

After a few months of speculation, the proposal to give Michigan a statewide sanitary code is now in the Legislature. ...

Entrepreneurs often use personal assets as startup capital and rely on their personal credit scores to secure startup loans. Once their businesses...

There is growing concern about new chemicals in our groundwater, drinking water, lakes, rivers and streams. These “chemicals of emerging concern” (CEC)...

Felling Trailers selects Trailer for a Cause beneficiaryFelling Trailers selected Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance as the 2018 Trailer for a Cause auction...

At Winters Septic Service in Iowa Falls, Iowa, owners Trent and Amanda Winters pursue meticulous, detail-oriented septic system installations. Key tools in...

To maintain a healthy cash flow in your business, it’s important to get your client invoices paid on time — the sooner...

Bath bombs are hard-packed mixtures of dry ingredients that effervesce when wet. They are used to add essential oils, scent, bubbles and color...

The business is doing well and you’d like to show your employees some extra appreciation — and maybe encourage them in a...

After pumping the septic tank, in addition to checking the inlet and outlet baffles, the tank should be examined for any cracks...