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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He’s a Designer, Installer, Pumper … and Dancer?
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Rules and Regs: Group Sues to Stop Montana Water Standard
Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard.” The law...
Editorial
Rules and Regs: April 2022
Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...
Editorial
An Aging Wastewater Workforce Points to Future Troubles
Name and title or job description: Darius E. Melton, president
Business name and location: 2M Pumping Service, Hot Springs, ArkansasServices we offer: Primarily septic pumping. We...
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Educating Homeowners on the Importance of Regular Septic System Maintenance
James Butler, a licensed septic inspector and installer with WNC Independent Labs in Weaverville, North Carolina, posted an example of a homeowner...
Editorial
Challenging Times Approach for the Wastewater Industry
In Snapshot, we talk to a member of a state, provincial or national trade association in the decentralized wastewater industry. This time...
Editorial
Third-Generation Installing Company Ohm Excavating Has Become a Father-Daughter Project
It took some arm-twisting for Grant Ohm to get his son to give up a career in corporate finance and take over...
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Rules and Regs: Town Board Sets New Denitrification Rules to Protect Area Watersheds
The Tisbury, Massachusetts, board of health set new denitrification rules for the Lake Tashmoo and Lagoon Pond watersheds. The area covers much...
Editorial
Party Houses or Vacation Properties May Need Excess Capacity
Some readers have recently asked whether they should be concerned about their systems ability to handle peak water-use events. Examples of large...
Editorial
Building Plan Changes Throw a Wrench into Nova Scotia Project
For a long time, the small triangular property near Afton Station in northeastern Nova Scotia couldn’t be developed. The Trans-Canada Highway runs...
Editorial
When Do You Give Sewage a Lift?
In recent columns, we focused on pumping into drop boxes and then utilizing flow by gravity into sewage treatment trenches. We wanted...
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This Installer Explains What’s Driven Him Since Youth: “I Just Like to Work”
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Mike Camarota Jr. has been preparing for his career as a businessman and septic...
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Rules and Regs - November 2021
PFAS, a group of manmade substances called “forever chemicals,” have become an environmental issue worldwide. Now the U.S. wastewater industry is starting...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - October 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Amish community and against Filmore County, Minnesota, which had ordered the Amish to...
