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: Cape Cod Looking at Nitrogen Treatment Upgrades
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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: Montana Water Quality Standard Runs Into Problems with EPA Officials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared Montana’s new water quality standard invalid under the Clean Water Act. The agency’s Region 8 office...
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Take Your Time During Site Evaluation Process
We have been involved in troubleshooting many onsite waste treatment systems. We’ve observed that most problems with systems start with bad decisions...
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The Goal of Proper Onsite Maintenance is in Our Grasp
Nobody argues when you promote the concept of cleaner water and the proper handling of wastewater. Folks are supportive of making sure...
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Rules and Regs: Significant Dumping Fee Increase Reversed For New York’s Catskill Mountain Region
Septage dumping costs in the Catskill Mountains of New York will remain the same because a New York City agency reversed an...
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Product Spotlight: PolyLok Lid-Lok Safety Device
Access into septic systems is obviously required for inspection, maintenance and cleaning. However, with this necessity and aboveground access becoming more popular,...
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Moving Out of the Oilfield and Into the Drainfield
For 20 years Dawn Rohrs worked as a drilling engineer in the oil fields in four states. When the oil industry crashed...
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Rules and Regs: April 2022
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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An Aging Wastewater Workforce Points to Future Troubles
Name and title or job description: Darius E. Melton, president
Business name and location: 2M Pumping Service, Hot Springs, ArkansasServices we offer: Primarily septic pumping. We...
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Challenging Times Approach for the Wastewater Industry
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 - March 2022
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden carries big implications for the onsite industry.
First is a...
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Rules and Regs - February 2022
Onsite companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan to fix...
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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...
