Entries Tagged Onsite Septic System

Following a previous article on homeowner water usage, we received an email from a reader challenging the toilet as the largest water-using...

With onsite systems largely regulated at the state and local level, it’s easy to overlook the impact of the U.S. Environmental Protection...

In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a nonprofit recycling group is offering up its processed glass waste to anyone who will take it, and...

Plan to get down and dirty Dec. 5 on World Soil Day! I just received a press release proclaiming the celebration of...

Do generous local grants to encourage septic system upgrades work? You bet they do, if one small program in New York is...

Returning momentarily to part three of this series where we discussed mutual respect as a requirement between the installer and the inspector...

Has one of your onsite system installs ever encroached on an ancient American Indian burial grounds? Apparently the situation isn’t all that...

There’s no avoiding it. Social networking is here to stay. We’ve already set up Facebook and Twitter pages for our readers to...

Wide-open spaces and sparsely populated regions challenge the growth of the Nebraska On-Site Waste Water Association (NOWWA). Although 12 years old, it...

Remember the classic scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation where the Griswolds’ Cousin Eddie is standing in the street in his bathrobe...

In this series we’ve examined the relationship between septic system inspectors and installers, noting that the two professions approach a job from...

It’s not often that the intricacies of an onsite system make newspaper headlines. But the Southtown Star in suburban Chicago this week...

Today’s leading companies recognize that sustainability is an important part of their business strategy. A company’s sustainability strategy can help increase revenue...

Land surveying is a pretty black-and-white business. At its simplest definition, a land surveyor’s job is to locate the precise line that...