Entries Tagged Land Application

The head of the Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers maintains the wastewater industry will continue to provide a vital service to septic system users

Nearing 30 years of serving neighbors in northwest Indiana, Sunset Septic dropped its website, doesn’t advertise and thrives on great word-of-mouth recommendations

Also in this month’s update, Auburn, Maine revisits onsite design rules to propose allowing more innovative technologies

Also in this month's regulations update, Suffolk County, New York, now requires advanced treatment systems for all new construction

Also in this month’s regulations update, a nonprofit helps pursue a statewide wastewater code in Michigan

Also in this month's update, a New York restaurateur faces huge fines for lacking a septic permit

Also in this month's regulations update, a septic services company in Texas is found in contempt of court for its land application practices

In the future, land application rules may change due to contaminants of emerging concern, but more research needs to be done

In this month’s regulations update, local governments in Canada are rolling out new septic maintenance regulations, and Maryland continues to debate BAT regulations around Chesapeake Bay

A state official overseeing decentralized wastewater would like to see an onsite and pumping trade association start up to improve consumer education.

In this month's regulations update, a Minnesota county rules against an Amish family that had cited religious reasons for not installing a septic system, and a low-income area of Lee County, Iowa, is required to bring septic systems up to code after a sewer system is deemed not an option

In this month's regulations update, Hawaiian homeowners are slow to take advantage of tax credit to replace cesspools, and the MPCA investigates Minnesota's problems with thousands of faulty and failing onsite systems