According to the National Women’s Business Council, 7.8 million women-owned businesses exist in the United States, generating $1.2 trillion in total receipts.But...
Regulations Articles
Editorial
Onsite System Rules Face Upgrades in Idaho
IdahoThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is revising the Technical Guidance Manual for builders and septic system installers. The process started in...
Editorial
Iowa County Grapples with Poor Septic Inspection Compliance
About 1,000 people in Muscatine County can expect to hear from zoning officials this year because they are not having their septic...
Editorial
A Sign of Things to Come?
A 2012 law in Maryland has changed the entire landscape of the onsite wastewater industry in the state. The number of new...
Online Exclusives
The Politics of Onsite Septic System Inspections
In a recent issue of Onsite Installer, an editorial posed this thought: “Don’t think of the onsite industry as an individual sport...
Editorial
Louisiana installer and system inspector indicted in bribery case
A former septic tank installer and a former state inspector in Louisiana are under indictment in federal court in a bribery case....
Editorial
The Show-Me Association
Developing an educational program for installers, engineers, service providers, soil evaluators and regulators was the prime objective of Janet Murray when she...
Editorial
Georgia on Our Minds
Although the onsite industry in Georgia has lost half its certified installers over the past five years, the Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association...
Editorial
Court finds EPA went too far in Clean Water Act enforcement in Virginia
A Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guilty of exceeding its authority to enforce the Clean...
Editorial
Raising the Grade
Onsite system installers will be in the thick of some of the most important challenges to ensuring the continued health and prosperity...
Editorial
Long-awaited California regulations take effect this month
Much-delayed onsite wastewater laws for California take effect May 13. The new policies follow years of work in response to AB-885, which...
Editorial
April 2013
Michigan
According to the Michigan Appeals Court, the state's constitution does not protect townships from being held responsible for failed private septic systems....
Blogs
Support point-of-sale real estate inspections
Real estate agents and homebuilders can work well with onsite system professionals to conduct required point-of-sale septic system inspections. A thorough system...
Editorial
Rules and Regs
IndianaThe Charlestown City Council adopted an ordinance to penalize residents with onsite systems in two subdivisions who do not connect to the...









