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...
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Rules and Regs - December 2021
After a couple of years of flirting with the issue, the New Castle County Council in Delaware imposed a permanent moratorium for...
Editorial
Dervin Witmer Has the Answers to Building a Successful Onsite Business
About 90 minutes east of the bustle of greater Chicago is the rural southwestern Michigan community of Cassopolis, within easy driving distance...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - March 2021
As part of a tax case, the state Supreme Court exempted portable restrooms from the consumer sales and service tax for their...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - January 2021
Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill to address water...
Editorial
Dervin Witmer Seeks a Better Small-Lot Treatment Solution
The system in the Indiana subdivision failed due to nothing more than old age and heavy soil. A couple of the old...
Editorial
Michigan Onsite Professionals Set an Example For Water Recycling
The Fenner Conservancy wanted to build an addition for expanded programming at the Fenner Nature Center in Lansing, Michigan.
An onsite system served...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Infrastructure Package Includes Millions for Onsite Systems
Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill that addresses water...
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Rules and Regs - June 2020
A survey by a Michigan nonprofit group found strong public support for more regulation to protect water quality. Survey work was done...
Editorial
A Tight Fit Between Water and Woods
The owners of a RV campground in Ontonagon, Michigan, faced a complex situation when the onsite system serving the showers, restrooms and...
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Study Finding Fecal Contamination in Southwest Wisconsin Water Wells
Southwestern Wisconsin residents are in the middle of a controversy about drinking water. There is contamination from animal and human waste, concern...
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Rules and Regs: Survey Finds Michigan Support for More Water Regulations
A recent survey by a Michigan nonprofit found strong public support for more regulation to protect water quality.
Survey work was done in...
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Michigan Still Debating Septic Inspection Regulations
The debate over establishing a statewide septic code in Michigan is ongoing.
Kalkaska County commissioners tried to drop their point-of-sale inspection program for...














