Advanced Treatment Unit (ATU) Articles

Aeration Systems BioMicrobics LIXORLIXOR from BioMicrobics is a nonclogging, venturi-type aeration device that supplies air in a variety of wastewater applications. Equipped with...

Problem: Geraldine, Alabama, needed a low-maintenance and expandable wastewater treatment system to treat all of its domestic waste to regulatory limits, allow...

Problem: A lakefront property in Cheboygan County, Michigan, had a leaking septic tank and failed leachfield contaminating the beachfront. The option seemed...

Rick Tipple and Tammy Bovay, owners of RT Septic & Water Systems near Edmonton, Alberta, prefer to install at-grade systems and mounds...

ATUs Eljen Geotextile Sand FilterThe GSF, or Geotextile Sand Filter, advanced wastewater treatment and dispersal system from Eljen is designed to provide treatment...

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented families from going anywhere, but they still showered, washed dishes and laundry, ate, and flushed the toilet. Marginal...

Package MBBR system treats high-strength meat packing plant wastewater Problem: Experiencing interruptions in food deliveries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cherokee Nation recognized...

Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard.” The law...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Amish community and against Filmore County, Minnesota, which had ordered the Amish to...

Citizen opposition sank a proposal to dissolve the joint Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in the state of Washington and create a county...

Voters in Talladaga County, Alabama, decisively say septage may not be spread on land in the county. Although the county still had...

Bob Adams from Marut and Sons Excavating talks about a septic installation job at an elementary school. The project involved multiple tanks,...

Six homes in a subdivision along the shore of the Bull Shoals peninsula in north-central Arkansas had individual septic tank effluent pump...

As one solution to reduce pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering...