Legislation proposed in the Michigan House and Senate aims to create statewide septic system regulations. Michigan is the only state in the...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Again Proposes Statewide Septic System Regulations
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Rules and Regs: Colorado House Blocks Recreational Rental Exemptions Bill
State legislation offering regulatory exemptions to a potentially large number of recreational, short-term rental properties passed the Colorado State Senate but failed...
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Rules and Regs: Vermont Lakes Group Seeks Change to Septic Capacity Statute
In a letter published in The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, the Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds is asking the Vermont House...
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Rules and Regs: Washington State Homeowners Request Training For DIY System Inspections
Key Peninsula residents in Washington state are asking the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to start a self-inspection training program for homeowners. Homeowners...
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Rules and Regs: California Approves Regulations for Converting Wastewater Into Drinking Water
The California State Water Resources Control Board approved regulations that would allow water agencies to develop treatment procedures to convert wastewater into...
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Updated System Requires Long Run to Surface Discharge
In 2008, the nonprofit Turning Point Community Development Corporation opened on the property of a former car dealership in Henderson, North Carolina,...
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Rules and Regs: Indiana Legislature Aims to Limit Inspections of Residential Onsite Systems
Two bills limiting inspections on residential septic systems have passed in the Indiana house of representatives and will go before the senate...
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Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Health Board Refuses to Drop Nitrogen Rules
A Realtors association asked health authorities in Tisbury, Massachusetts, to reconsider new nitrogen-reducing onsite regulations. The health board refused.
Last fall, the Tisbury...
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Manitoba Needs to Update Onsite Regulations … Then Enforce Them
Name and title or job description: Brett Gaudry, owner
Business name and location: BNS Excavating, Teulon, ManitobaServices we offer: Septic installations and repairsAge: 29Years in the industry: Two....
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Onsite Regulations and Environmental Sustainability Go Hand in Hand
From serving on my local city council and county board, I recall constituents and local residents attending meetings often railing over how...
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Rules and Regs: Ravalli County Officials Address Septage Disposal Concerns
Ravalli county pumpers have long relied on the wastewater treatment plant in nearby Missoula County to dump their septage as there are...
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Rules and Regs: South Carolina’s Greenville County is Ready to Limit Onsite Development
Greenville County, South Carolina is close to placing restrictions on development using onsite systems. County government officials are motivated by a surge...
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Rules and Regs: California Approves Regulations for Converting Wastewater Into Drinking Water
By unanimous vote, on Dec. 19, 2023, the California State Water Resources Control Board approved regulations that would allow water agencies to...
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Rules and Regs: Geomatrix loses appeal in antitrust suit against NSF
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Geomatrix LLC in its antitrust lawsuit with the wastewater standards organization NSF International....
