Entries Tagged Nitrogen Removal

After six years with its current set of onsite rules, the state of Oregon is on the verge of revising them to...

Suffolk County, New York, has been a model for tackling nitrogen pollution from onsite wastewater systems. Now, local grants to upgrade treatment...

The building near Watsonville, California, was used for sorting flowers grown in nearby fields when clients Lakeside Organics and Farmhouse Culture approached...

Police in Santa Rosa, California, spent a year tracking down a man they say illegally dumped septage into city sewers. Carlos Velarde Chavez,...

On the eastern end of New York’s Long Island, Suffolk County is home to wealthy communities such as the Hamptons. It’s also...

Conventional soil treatment areas are designed to have an aerobic environment for the removal of organic material (BOD) and pathogens. This aerobic...

The majority of the nitrogen present in raw sewage is from urea and fecal material, although small amounts are found in some...

The Ecoflo Biofilter from Premier Tech Aqua is offered as a nitrogen removal unit using a new add-on kit. Integrating a pressurized flow divider to recirculate...

Nitrogen removal is no longer required for every septic system installed in the state of Maryland. The best available technology (BAT) regulation...

For commercial system design, the organic loading rate is often more critical than the hydraulic.In a biological treatment system, the bacteria in...

Some Maryland home builders say well-intentioned laws, such as septic system requirements, are pricing some potential homeowners out of the market. Since...