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The Township of Wainfleet on Ontario’s Lake Erie shore has no municipal sewer or water services – all residents rely on septic...

The Seattle Times reports on a scientific study that debunks the long standing belief that septic systems caused major kills of fish...

Wildfires that swept through Creek County, Okla., left more than 400 families without homes and some with contaminated wells and damaged septic...

What started with an application to install a different kind of septic system a few years ago and has spawned a federal...

Nobody really knows for sure, but an environmental group and some people living around Lake George in New York State think failed...

Walworth County officials in Wisconsin don’t want to use the court system to get people to comply with state law requiring septic...

If you haven’t driven through the Beaver State lately, now might be the time to swing through. Two billboards advertising the Oregon...

A solar-powered toilet won the grand prize in August at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle. Eight teams competed in the...

Orenco Systems has launched a new web portal to a multi-lingual website. With products installed in more than 60 countries and international...

Benny Charles Morrell, 70, executive director of the Virginia Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (VOWRA), died on Friday, Aug. 10, at his home...

When the housing market crashed and took much of the onsite industry down with it, state associations wrestled with whether to continue...

Seldom have I been more impressed with a volunteer board of directors than with NOWRA’s board. The initiatives this small group of...

The Baltimore Post-Examiner newspaper reports that more than two dozen Maryland residents testified on proposed regulations for upgraded septic systems – most...

Iowa Onsite Wastewater Association conducts limited study of septic performance at habitat for humanity houses to document how various systems perform under...

Tank Holding Corporation (THC), which includes polyethylene tank manufacturers Snyder Industries and Norwesco, was acquired by Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) and...

The Connecticut Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association COWRA will accept applications for its 2013 Installer and Pumper/Cleaner courses beginning Sept. 1. The Installer School is held for six...

An online presentation, “Introduction to Subsurface Drip Dispersal (SDD) under Freezing Conditions,” will be offered on Tuesday, July 10, at 2 p.m....

The Premier Tech Aqua business unit of the Premier Tech  received a Phénix de l’environnement award, the highest environmental honor in Québec.,...

Onsite cluster wastewater treatment systems may cost less to install and maintain than central sewer systems and allow more flexibility for growth....