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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Pass It On: Loans for Low-Income Homeowners
Installers may want to pass along the following information from the National Environmental Services Center to any low-income customers who may need...
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Are Your Customers Septic Smart?
Welcome to the third annual SepticSmart Week, an outreach initiative supported by the EPA, which runs Sept. 21-25. The goal of SepticSmart...
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Helping the Buyer Beware
Greg Mayfield, owner of Southern Water and Soil in Zephyrhills, Florida, knows the best customer is an educated customer.Attempting to avoid a...
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Get Paid Like a Professional
You talk a good game when explaining the nuts and bolts of a new onsite system to customers. Over the years it’s...
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How Do We Convince Homeowners Onsite Systems Are A Smart Investment?
Some homeowners need to adjust their priorities. Case in point is the community of Alexander, Iowa, in the north-central part of the...
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Rules and Regs: Chicken Tax Proposed to Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
To help fund its Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort, Maryland already has a rain tax and a flush tax on both sewer and...
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3 Tips for Educating Homeowners
As an installer you get called for two main types of onsite septic system jobs: putting in a new system for a...
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'Flushability' Guidelines Are Getting a Makeover
A group of five associations representing the water sector and the nonwoven fabrics industry have announced that they are working collaboratively on...
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Minnesota Onsite Educator Sara Heger Boosts Industry Professionalism Nationwide
Sara Heger didn’t set out to be an expert in onsite wastewater treatment. It just turned out that way. As an engineer...
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Master The Message About Effective Use Of Onsite Systems
With an appropriate design and users who follow best practices for care and maintenance, onsite systems are a suitable and efficient way...
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New Mexico Onsite Professionals Promote Septic System Maintenance, Consumer Education
New Mexico is one of the few states with two trade organizations representing the onsite wastewater industry. The Professional Onsite Wastewater Reuse...
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Help Customers Avoid Septic System Overload Over The Holidays
As an onsite system installer, you can predict when you might get complaints about your craftsmanship … and hear a few choice...
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Who Provides Free Onsite Systems?
Where there are unsewered homes, there are inevitably failing onsite systems. In an effort to tackle the outrageous number of failing systems...















