Entries Tagged Regulations

After several years of investigations into the cause of high bacteria levels at a local beach, the Nassau County (New York) Legislature...

Through regulation, your state or provincial governments hasten modernization of decentralized wastewater treatment and have a positive impact on water quality. In...

Three bills before the New York Legislature could reduce the cost of onsite systems for state residents. One would remove the requirement...

Year after year, organizations fund grant programs to improve water quality by helping people repair or replace failing onsite systems, and a...

Dervin Witmer got a call from a friend who built a house. He needed help. Witmer owns Dig-It Excavating in Cassopolis, Michigan,...

In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...

After a few months of speculation, the proposal to give Michigan a statewide sanitary code is now in the Legislature. ...

Police in Santa Rosa, California, spent a year tracking down a man they say illegally dumped septage into city sewers. Carlos Velarde Chavez,...

The New York Legislature is considering three bills that could reduce the cost of onsite systems for state residents. One would remove the...

At one time a traffic and transportation engineer, Peter Lescure did not deliberately set out to transition into serving the wastewater industry....

When the Florida Legislature ended its session in the spring, the effort to approve Senate Bill 1664 failed. The Legislation would have...

As one solution to reduce pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering...

In States Snapshot, we visit with a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This...

In 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to set up a framework for direct potable reuse of wastewater. Now California...