Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Vermont Septic Company Fined $58,000 In this month's regulations update, new legislation in Florida seeks to solve nitrogen problems, and a Vermont company is charged with unlawful storage of septage March 26, 2018
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: New Arizona Rules Allow Use of Reclaimed Water In this month’s regulations update, more Michigan counties will require point-of-sale septic inspections, and graywater rules in Arizona now allow more private residential use January 25, 2018
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Septic Systems Shut Down Due to High Water Levels in Lake Michigan In this month's regulations update, Michigan counties consider point-of-sale inspection requirements, and Lake Michigan rises high enough to flood septic systems along the shore November 30, 2017
Online Exclusives Rules & Regs: California Moves Toward Toilet-to-Tap, Australia Moves Away In this month’s regulations update, rules are relaxed for onsite systems in an area along Chesapeake Bay, and California is working on new standards for use of recycled water October 23, 2017
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Long Island Communities in New York Tighten Onsite System Rules In this month’s regulations update, Suffolk County, New York, pushes to replace cesspools and homeowners in a Pennsylvania township face huge fees for sewer connection because of some failing septic systems September 25, 2017
Editorial Dual Aero-Tech ATUs Solve Treatment Challenge In Michigan A new credit union is placed just out of the practical reach of a municipal sewer. Dig-It Excavating delivers an elaborate onsite system to save the day. September 06, 2017
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Hawaiian Government Says Cesspools Will Go In this month's regulations update, Hawaii will be converting its cesspools to better wastewater treatment systems, a bridge collapsed under a septic truck in Indianapolis, and a police chief gets fined for illegal dumping of septic waste August 28, 2017
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislators Propose Bills for State Regulation of Septic Systems In this month’s regulations update, new onsite system siting rules are frustrating Georgia installers and homeowners, and state representatives in Michigan propose a fee-supported program for septic replacement August 22, 2016
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Grant Money Will Help Replace Failing Onsite Systems in Chesapeake Bay Area In this month’s regulations update, a new tax credit will promote cesspool replacement in Hawaii, and the Bay Restoration Fund will aid septic replacement in the critical Chesapeake region July 23, 2015
Editorial Repurposed Commercial Gets An Effective Onsite System The owners of an elementary school building repurposed as an assisted living facility require a creative solution for an aging septic system. July 06, 2015
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Pollutant exclusion clause affects liability insurance in Wisconsin court cases In this month’s regulations update, a Michigan sunset provision on septage disposal is removed, and Wisconsin septic service professionals end up in court February 19, 2015
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Record Snowmelt Wreaks Havoc on Midwest Septic Tanks In this month’s regulations update, pumpers see a major surge in septic tanks overwhelmed by heavy snowmelt, and more onsite rules are in the works. August 25, 2014
Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Which State is First to Ban Triclosan-Infused Soaps? In this month’s regulations news, a Midwest state becomes the first to ban triclosan-infused soaps, and Michigan simplifies provisions in a septage storage bill. July 28, 2014