Onsite Septic System Articles

Septic system services companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan...

Why? The surface should be maintained in as natural condition as possible because soils that are wet at the time of construction are...

The interaction among the factors discussed previously in the past articles on topography, color, texture, structure and consistance determines, in part, the...

For those of us who live in colder climates, winter is right around the corner. Both during construction and with existing systems...

Cities are one of the last places you might expect on-site wastewater recycling, but in late September the San Francisco Board of...

We have received questions about dispersive soils and the problems they present for onsite sewage treatment systems. Some of these soils are...

Topography and landscape position are the first things seen when the site is visited. In the broadest sense, topography describes the physical...

After a couple of years of flirting with the issue, the New Castle County Council in Delaware imposed a permanent moratorium for...

Consistence describes how easy it is to deform or break up the soil. Consistence is used to determine if the soil contains...

Soil color is often used to determine seasonal high water table (SHWT) for system design. The soil treatment area bottom (or infiltrative...

Aeration Pump HIBLOW USA HP SeriesHIBLOW USA is bringing back the safety screw to all HP Series air pumps. In 2016, the safety switch mechanism —...

The story is familiar. A lake house built in the 1940s needed a new onsite system. But the situation that technicians from...

Sometimes you take for granted that everyone working in the industry knows why our systems are so important to the environment and...

Some installation businesses compete on quality. Some compete on price. Harbor Septic competes on its ability to expedite system permits in a...