Only 18 months after a small, two-story commercial building opened in October 2017, its 1,000-gpd drainfield failed. The building held offices and...
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Rules and Regs: Federal Pilot Program to Benefit Rural Communities With Poor Sanitation
The Biden administration launched a pilot program on Aug. 2 to help communities improve their onsite infrastructure.
The program is a joint project...
Editorial
Rules and Regs: Significant Dumping Fee Increase Reversed For New York’s Catskill Mountain Region
Septage dumping costs in the Catskill Mountains of New York will remain the same because a New York City agency reversed an...
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Rules and Regs: New York Stops Dumping Cost Increase
Septage dumping costs in the Catskill Mountains of New York will remain the same because a New York City agency reversed an...
Editorial
Avoid Digging Deep When Designing Drainfields
A few months ago an installer we have worked with sent soil pictures to interpret with the comments that when he dug...
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Rules and Regs: Washington Looking at New Nonpotable Rules
The state of Washington is nearing adoption of new risk-based rules governing nonpotable onsite water systems. The rules would apply to multifamily,...
Editorial
A Texas Installer Said, “Sorry, Not Sorry Dad,” When His Father Suggested a White-Collar Career
Septic system installers who run across difficult excavation conditions will sympathize with what Orlando Godinez routinely faces as the owner of Godinez...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - February 2022
Onsite companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan to fix...
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Rules and Regs: San Francisco Expands Graywater Recycling Requirement in City Buildings
Cities are one of the last places you might expect on-site wastewater recycling, but in late September the San Francisco Board of...
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Rules and Regs: Delaware County Clamps Down on Onsite Developments
After a couple of years of flirting with the issue, the New Castle County Council in Delaware imposed a permanent moratorium for...
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Rules and Regs: Alabama Water Management Group Focuses on Rural Wastewater Solutions
A group of organizations in Alabama will receive $4.85 million from the U.S. Agriculture Department to develop rural wastewater solutions for the...
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Rules and Regs: Indiana Considers Shifting Cost of Replacing Onsite Systems
A bill in the Indiana Legislature would alter the cost of replacing onsite systems with municipal services by changing the state’s financial...
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Rules and Regs: Citizens Rally to Stop Health Department Changes
Citizen opposition sank a proposal to dissolve the joint Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in the state of Washington and create a county...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - November 2020
Decentralized Disposal of Winery Wastewater Faces New Regulation Hurdles in California
The California Water Resources Control Board is working on an update to...










