Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic code....
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislators Make Another Push for Statewide Onsite Code
Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a February promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic...
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Fight Costly Nitrogen Reduction Proposal
Proposed Massachusetts regulations to reduce nitrogen pollution on Cape Cod and in other coastal areas are stirring opposition among local governments and...
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Wastewater Professionals Need to Know Their Worth
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
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Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Nitrogen Rule Draws Official Opposition
Proposed Massachusetts regulations to reduce nitrogen pollution on Cape Cod and in other coastal areas are stirring opposition among local governments and...
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Lawsuit Seeks to Suspend Onsite Permits in Florida to Save Manatees
An environmental group is suing the state of Florida to stop it from issuing onsite permits. Nitrogen pollution from septic tanks is...
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Michigan’s Dig-It Excavating Lobbies to Get a Lakefront Homeowner Off the Holding Tank
The homeowner on Lake Cora near Paw Paw, Michigan, was not in a good situation.
“He had been running quite a few years...
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Rules and Regs: Comment Deadline Extended for Massachusetts Septic Rule
The public has more time to comment on a proposed change in the Massachusetts Title 5 onsite rules. The change would require...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislator Tries Again for Statewide Onsite Rule
It’s been almost four years since the Michigan Legislature attempted to pass a statewide sanitary code. That bill, defeated in December 2018,...
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Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Looking at Nitrogen Treatment Upgrades
State regulations expected in early 2023 will apparently impose new nitrogen restrictions on some parts of Cape Cod.The primary water quality problem...
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Rules and Regs: Lawsuit Seeks to End Onsite Permits in Florida to Save Manatees
An environmental group is suing the state of Florida to stop it from issuing onsite permits. Nitrogen pollution from septic tanks is...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislator Tries Again to Pass Statewide Onsite Rule
It’s been almost four years since the Michigan Legislature attempted to pass a statewide sanitary code. That bill, defeated in December 2018,...
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Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Looking at Nitrogen Treatment Upgrades
State regulations expected in early 2023 will apparently impose new nitrogen restrictions on some parts of Cape Cod.
The primary water quality problem...
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Rules and Regs: Ohio Inspection Program Reaches More Counties
Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...










