Estimates say there are 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered. This spring, the state...
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Rules & Regs: California Moves Toward Toilet-to-Tap, Australia Moves Away
Because it contains 12 percent of the country’s population, California sets standards in many ways. Now, the state government is working on...
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Rules and Regs: Hawaiian Government Says Cesspools Will Go
There are an estimated 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered.This spring, the Legislature passed,...
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Rules and Regs: EPA Starts Revision of Water Regulation
In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...
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Rules and Regs: Citizen Challenges Septic System Ban in California Community
One resident tried but failed to break a decade-long septic system moratorium in a California community.The Quail Valley community is near Menifee,...
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Rules and Regs: Ontario Government Proposes Septic Pumping Requirement
As part of a wide-ranging revision of its building code, the province of Ontario is proposing a stricter rule for the pumping...
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Installing Pro Loves His Big Boy Toys
After years in the wastewater business, Nick Herrera didn’t go big. He went the other way, and in the process found that...
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Tough Onsite Jobs Dominate the California Coast
That Richard Sherman considers a routine onsite system project would be well outside the mainstream for most installers.That’s because Sherman and his...
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Bob Willis Shares the Recipe for Doubling, Tripling His Installing Business
Cutting his teeth in the construction trade, Bob Willis struck out on his own in 2004 when he and his wife, Terri,...
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Rules and Regs: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Upgrades Maryland Onsite Systems
Maryland has upgraded 6,550 septic systems to the best available technology through the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund since 2010. Nearly 3,800 of...
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Bringing Wastewater Treatment To An Arizona Retirement Community
The problem facing developers of the J & A RV Park in Winterhaven, Calif., was how to make their 5.4 acres productive....
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Great Customer Education, Ongoing Maintenance Bring Repeat Business
Clay Barks doesn’t think his customers should have to worry about their onsite treatment systems. He believes the worry should belong to...
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Rules and Regs: Golden State Pumpers Hit With Expensive Burden
Emission regulations for diesel trucks in California are becoming an expensive burden on small businesses. By 2020, nearly every truck in California...
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California Winery Upgrades Its Wastewater System
It was a relatively straightforward job, but the land posed challenges. Jordan Vineyard & Winery in Sonoma County, Calif., wanted to redo...




















