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Time For a Talk With Homeowners
If you have been doing any reading in magazines for wastewater treatment plant operators you have seen quite a discussion about wipes...
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Financial Management: Troubleshooting Tips
As a business consultant, I see lots of financial reports. Most of them have a few “slinky knots” in them … accounts...
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What’s Your pH?
pH is a term used to describe the relative amount of acidity or basicity in the wastewater. Low pH values indicate a...
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Should Your Employee Handbook Include a Social Media Policy?
Your company is probably active on social media — but even if it isn’t, your employees probably are, and what they say...
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The 5 Steps of Successful Team Building
The NFL has 32 teams, not groups. Teams. All teams are groups, but not all groups are teams. Calling a group a...
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Pointers for Onsite Arithmetic
One reader who worked through the first Onsite Arithmetic problem made a couple of good points that should be clarified for subsequent problems...
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What’s Your Dissolved Oxygen?
Troubleshooting a septic tank? Is the ATU or a media filter working properly? Checking the dissolved oxygen is key to diagnosing performance.Dissolved...
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Give Your Team a Mission
“Ellen, call me. My team wants to know why we are changing everything. Why we are moving to a new pricing plan....
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Onsite Arithmetic: Is This Tank Large Enough?
Last week I went through the example calculations for determining operating volume and gallons per inch in a rectangular tank. Now put...
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Signs of Trouble in Concrete Tanks
Concrete tanks are a standard in the wastewater industry, but when you confront one in the field, how do you know if...
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Simple Septic Math
There are a couple basic tank characteristics that are necessary to know when maintaining septic and pump tanks. To determine them in...
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Prevent Employee Vacation Scheduling Nightmares
As an employer, it is important for you to give your team members time off. They need some extended break periods to...
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Are You Taking Advantage of LinkedIn?
At some point, you’ve probably received an email invite to join LinkedIn. People often respond by saying they don’t need yet another...




















