Septic system services companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan...
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Editorial
Innovation Will Make Decentralized Wastewater Treatment a Top Choice for Homeowners
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - May 2021
A bill in the Indiana Legislature would alter the cost of replacing onsite systems with municipal services by changing the state’s financial...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - March 2021
As part of a tax case, the state Supreme Court exempted portable restrooms from the consumer sales and service tax for their...
Editorial
These Experts Can Be Found Where Water and Soil Meet
When it began, Cascade Earth Sciences had two purposes: onsite work and soil mapping. Over the past 44 years, there have been...
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Rules and Regs: Indiana Considers Shifting Cost of Replacing Onsite Systems
A bill in the Indiana Legislature would alter the cost of replacing onsite systems with municipal services by changing the state’s financial...
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Rules and Regs: Massachusetts Septage Hauler to Pay $500,000 in Penalties
A septage hauler will pay $500,000 in penalties and fees for illegally disposing of wastewater. In addition, Midstate Sewerage of Millbury, Massachusetts,...
Editorial
Oregon Considers New Onsite Rules Featuring an Expiration Date on System Approvals
After six years with its current set of onsite rules, the state of Oregon is on the verge of revising them to...
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Rules and Regs: Oregon Looks at Nitrogen in Onsite Rule Revision
After six years with its current set of onsite rules, the state of Oregon is on the verge of revising them to...
Editorial
In Oregon, It’s Time to Update Our Certification Program
In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
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Rules and Regs: New York Residents See Result of Septic Replacement Program
Year after year, organizations fund grant programs to improve water quality by helping people repair or replace failing onsite systems, and a...
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Rules and Regs: Maryland Considers Return of Best-Technology Rule
The state that surrounds most of Chesapeake Bay, where struggles over water quality have occupied public attention for several years, may revive...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislators Propose Bills for State Regulation of Septic Systems
A series of bills to set a statewide regulation for the estimated 1.3 million septic systems in Michigan has been introduced in...
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Rules and Regs: New Density Standards Allow More Septic Systems in Coastal New Jersey
More septic systems will be allowed under a change in density standards for New Jersey’s Highlands region, which stretches for 60 miles...
















