Entries Tagged Onsite Septic Inspection

Online Exclusives 2020 In Photos: Installers in the Field

Zach Rodriguez (plaid shirt) and Joe Rodriguez of Richards Septic Tank Service, install a new septic system at a residence in Turk...

December 30, 2020

Editorial The Keller Family of East Texas is Ready to Address Any Septic or Plumbing Emergency

Several years after Bulldog Contractors left the home-remodeling business to concentrate on more lucrative plumbing and drain-cleaning work, the Jefferson, Texas-based company...

December 02, 2020

Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Alabama Voters Reject Septage Spreading

Voters in Talladaga County, Alabama, decisively say septage may not be spread on land in the county. Although the county still had...

November 23, 2020

Editorial Widespread Use of Drip Systems Will Help Kentucky

In this Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...

November 09, 2020

Online Exclusives 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...

October 26, 2020

Editorial Can We Talk? Share Your Views About These Onsite Issues.

When I read news bulletins concerning local septic system issues, I often ask myself, “What would installers say?” I’m sure the installer...

October 07, 2020

Online Exclusives Taking Care of Drip Distribution Systems

A drip dispersal system is a small-diameter pressurized effluent distribution system that can deliver small, precise doses of effluent to the soil...

September 14, 2020

Editorial Rules and Regs - September 2020

NOWRA Pushes $50 Million Federal Program to Fix Failing Septic SystemsThe National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association reports progress in convincing Congress to...

September 09, 2020

Online Exclusives All the Steps You Need to Know for Accurate Wastewater Sampling

Taking wastewater samples from a septic system is an important task regularly performed by service providers, operators and maintainers along with designers...

August 13, 2020

Online Exclusives Rules and Regs: Progress on Federal Aid for Septic Replacements

The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association reports progress in convincing Congress to establish a grant program to help low-income Americans repair or...

June 25, 2020

Editorial How Can You Inspect a Tank Without Pumping It?

A year ago, I wrote with a sense of optimism about a forward-thinking onsite system inspection program started in a recreational lakes region...

June 04, 2020

Editorial Rules and Regs - May 2020

After years of algae and water-quality problems, Florida’s Legislature has a water-quality bill with broad support.The bill by Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Indialantic,...

May 07, 2020