Southwestern Wisconsin residents are in the middle of a controversy about drinking water. There is contamination from animal and human waste, concern...
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Study Finding Fecal Contamination in Southwest Wisconsin Water Wells
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The Missouri Smallflows Organization Promotes Onsite Regulation Updates
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
Editorial
BAT Onsite Uses Technology to Help Customers Protect a Sensitive Watershed Environment
In northern Maryland, BAT Onsite is fairly new on the scene. The same isn’t true of its owner, who has been building...
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Rules and Regs: Survey Finds Michigan Support for More Water Regulations
A recent survey by a Michigan nonprofit found strong public support for more regulation to protect water quality.
Survey work was done in...
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Michigan Still Debating Septic Inspection Regulations
The debate over establishing a statewide septic code in Michigan is ongoing.
Kalkaska County commissioners tried to drop their point-of-sale inspection program for...
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Jennifer Morris Believes in the Value of Networking
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
Editorial
Effort to Create a Michigan Sanitary Code Is Moving Slowly
It’s been more than a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the...
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Rules and Regs: Water-Quality Bill Making Progress in Florida
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 of...
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Florida Moving Toward Overhaul of Water Laws, May Bring Back Septic Inspections
It looks as if the Florida Legislature will take action to improve water quality after all.
Several years ago, legislators repealed a state...
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Rules and Regs: Groundwater Contamination and Debate Over Solutions Roil Wisconsin Counties
People in southwestern Wisconsin are in the middle of a controversy about drinking water. There is contamination from animal and human waste,...
Editorial
Working in Colorado Can Be a Real Blast
In States Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...
Editorial
New York’s Suffolk County to Continue Building Infrastructure in Advanced Onsite Systems
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said last fall that the county will install 1,200 nitrogen-reducing onsite systems in 2020. This would more...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Sanitary Code Idea Regains Some Momentum
It’s been a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the idea is...
Editorial
New York Communities Step Up Effort to Upgrade Substandard Onsite Systems
The Lake George Town Board in New York approved an agreement that will help residents replace failing septic systems. Under the agreement,...
