Onsite system owners in the Las Vegas Valley were upset by a bill in the Legislature that would have required onsite system...
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Editorial
Rules and Regs: Florida Legislature Considers Batch of Water Bills
The Florida Legislature faced several bills related to the onsite industry and to local control of water this spring.
One of the more...
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Rules and Regs: Michigan Legislators Make Another Push for Statewide Onsite Code
Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a February promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic...
Editorial
Massachusetts Lawmakers Fight Costly Nitrogen Reduction Proposal
Proposed Massachusetts regulations to reduce nitrogen pollution on Cape Cod and in other coastal areas are stirring opposition among local governments and...
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Rules and Regs: Inspection Idea Fails Again in Florida
When the Florida Blue-Green Algae Task Force finished its work a couple of years ago, it recommended that septic tanks be regularly...
Editorial
Wastewater Professionals Need to Know Their Worth
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
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Rules and Regs: Florida Legislature Considering Batch of Water Bills
As the new session of the Florida Legislature opened March 7, lawmakers faced several bills related to the onsite industry and to...
Editorial
Taxation of Onsite Wastewater Grants Ends in New York County
Taxation of wastewater upgrade grants in Suffolk County, New York, is now a thing of the past.
The IRS recently reversed its 2020...
Editorial
Surprise! We Found an Area Where Installer Numbers Are Rising
There’s a story I recall from covering agribusiness for a newspaper many moons ago that in simple terms explains the concept of...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Cape Cod Nitrogen Rule Draws Official Opposition
Proposed Massachusetts regulations to reduce nitrogen pollution on Cape Cod and in other coastal areas are stirring opposition among local governments and...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Comment Deadline Extended for Massachusetts Septic Rule
The public has more time to comment on a proposed change in the Massachusetts Title 5 onsite rules. The change would require...
Editorial
Helping Our Customers and the Environment in Kansas
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
Editorial
Onsite Regulations Causing Conflict Across the Western U.S.
In Deschutes County, Oregon, the Board of County Commissioners adopted regulations in 2008 that required residents to connect their homes to sewer...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Taxation of Wastewater Grants Ends in New York’s Suffolk County
Taxation of wastewater upgrade grants in Suffolk County, New York, is now a thing of the past.
In December the IRS reversed its...












