The Virginia Department of Health released draft proposals of septic system regulations intended to address pollution control in rural areas susceptible to...
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Editorial
Rules and Regs: Colorado Grapples Over Onsite System Regulations for Vacation Rental Units
Colorado legislation offering regulatory exemptions to a potentially large number of recreational, short-term rental properties passed the State Senate but failed in...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Bans ‘Flushable’ Label on Wipe Packages
Michigan is banning the term “flushable” from the labels of premoistened nonwoven disposable bathroom wipes in the state, multiple media outlets reported....
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Again Proposes Statewide Septic System Regulations
Legislation proposed in the Michigan House and Senate aims to create statewide septic system regulations. Michigan is the only state in the...
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Rules and Regs: Colorado House Blocks Recreational Rental Exemptions Bill
State legislation offering regulatory exemptions to a potentially large number of recreational, short-term rental properties passed the Colorado State Senate but failed...
Editorial
System Failure Reported: Travis Gemmell Doesn’t Jump Straight to a Full-Scale Replacement
Travis Gemmell doesn’t simply accept claims that an onsite system needs replacement.
He and his team of nine at Walnut Grove Excavating often...
Editorial
Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Health Board Refuses to Drop Nitrogen Rules
A Realtors association asked health authorities in Tisbury, Massachusetts, to reconsider new nitrogen-reducing onsite regulations. The health board refused.
Last fall, the Tisbury...
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Rules and Regs: Tisbury Health Board Won’t Drop Nitrogen Rules
A Realtors association asked health authorities in Tisbury, Massachusetts, to reconsider new nitrogen-reducing onsite regulations. The health board refused.
In October, the Tisbury...
Editorial
Michigan Launches Fund for Food Business Onsite Work
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a $30 million fund to help food businesses pay the cost of...
Editorial
Rules and Regs: New North Carolina Law Pushes Onsite Technologies
Legislators have signed a new set of rules to keep pace with one of the nation’s fastest growing states.
North Carolina Gov. Roy...
Editorial
Get With It, Michigan! Adopt a Septic Code.
I live in Wisconsin and own a vacation home on a small lake. Our cottage and all of our neighbors’ homes utilize...
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Rules and Regs: Geomatrix Loses Appeal in Antitrust Suit Against NSF
In mid-September the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Geomatrix LLC in its antitrust lawsuit with the wastewater standards organization...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Launches Onsite Treatment Fund for Food Industry
In early August the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development launched a $30 million fund to help food businesses pay the...
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Rules and Regs: New North Carolina Onsite Law Pushes New Technology
One of the nation’s fastest growing states now has a new set of onsite rules to help handle that growth.
On July 7,...









