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When Bruce Franke gets asked to help at a septic tank installation job, he knows it’s time to put away the big...

Here is another short quiz to test your knowledge of operation and maintenance principles. The questions are meant to promote discussion and...

Here are the answers to O&M Quiz No. 3.1. T or F - Maintenance activities for a system are not affected by the...

I thoroughly enjoy reading Jim Anderson’s column “Septic System Answer Man” each month in Pumper magazine. Jim has great experience, is very...

Attendance for the upcoming Wastewater Equipment Fair in Dallas is on pace to double the turnout of the inaugural event, held last...

If a screen requires servicing more frequently than anticipated by design, either the effluent screen or the wastewater characteristics should be evaluated...

It’s important to have a happy workforce. A happy workforce means better retention, which means much less time and money spent finding,...

The effluent that leaves the septic tank comes from the clear zone to minimize the solids loading on the downstream components of...

Beginning in November 2017, anyone operating a crane delivering concrete septic tanks to a job site must be certified to do so under...

Little Beaver attachments for horizontal boring The two styles of Little Beaver horizontal boring kits, wet and dry, turn mechanical and standard hydraulic...

Unless you’re planning to retire in a short time, membrane bioreactors will almost certainly have a place in your business — probably...

Here is another short quiz to test your knowledge of operation and maintenance principles. The questions are meant to promote discussion and...

Here are the answers to O&M Quiz No. 2.1. T or F - Settling around the riser of a new septic tank may be...

When he meets an obstacle during a job, Nick Herrera doesn’t always go through it or over it. He goes under it...

Tank Holding acquired Agri Plastics’s material-handling division Tank Holding Corp., which includes polyethylene tank manufacturers Norwesco and Snyder Industries, has acquired Agri Plastics’...

Clean sand is specified as treatment media in many soil treatment areas, such as mounds and media filters. Sand used for these...

One of the many things that has changed significantly over the years I have been involved with the industry has been the...

Customer reviews matter. Reviews and star ratings, posted to sites like Yelp, Angie’s List, Facebook and Google, help other customers make confident,...

New studies indicate that the fibers in our clothes could be poisoning our waterways and food chain on a massive scale. Microfibers...