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Selling Service, Not Price Will Keep Your Company in the Black
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
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Tiptoe Through the Trenches
Recently we were sent a few pictures of an installation by a reader that showed two workers walking back and forth in...
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Customer Friendships, Smarter Regulations Build a Wastewater Business
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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New NOWRA Executive Director Pushes for a Higher Industry Profile
In January, the longest-serving executive director of the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association retired, and the next executive director started. Eric Casey’s...
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Careful Siting of the Soil Treatment Area Protects the Environment
We had an interesting conversation with one of our local service providers and he made a comment we didn’t not think much...
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Installers, Onsite Users Need a Boost to Improve Sanitation Outlook
A report released recently by the World Health Organization and UNICEF concludes what we in the onsite installing industry have known, and...
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Use Many Investigative Tools When Working on Tricky Soil Profiles
One key part of any site evaluation for location of a soil treatment area is the description of the soil profile. As...
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For the Owner of Soilworx, Teaching Proper Septic System Construction and Usage is the Name of the Game
Chad Widmer enjoys a good challenge. And as a designer of septic systems, the owner of Soilworx — based in Okotoks, Alberta...
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A Biomat Control Plan Will Give System Users Peace of Mind
We continually receive questions about the biomat and how to best control the formation to provide both treatment of septic tank effluent...
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It Takes Teamwork to Ensure Residential Onsite Performance
When I started working in the onsite industry, it was as a researcher studying the movement of water (effluent) through the soil....
