Shane Broyhill got started in the wastewater industry at age 14, riding along in a vacuum truck with an uncle who had...
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Basics of Evaluating Mound Systems for Real Estate Transactions
When evaluating any onsite system, always start by collecting any records of the system (plan, soil test, etc.) from the local regulating...
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Goats on the Drainfield and Other Odd Encounters
Name and title or job description: Chris Chapman, ownerBusiness name and location: Show Me Soils, Lonedell/St. Clair, MissouriServices we offer: Onsite soil evaluations and onsite...
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Failing Commercial System Traced to Coffee Shop Wastewater
Only 18 months after a small, two-story commercial building opened in October 2017, its 1,000-gpd drainfield failed. The building held offices and...
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Septic Tank Myths Linger
Every so often we have homeowners or even septic professionals ask us what needs to be done to enhance or improve bacterial...
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Product Spotlight - December 2022
An audiovisual septic alarm without the need for an electrician was the inspiration for Mark Hayes, founder and owner of Minnesota Geotechnical...
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Alabama Installers Build a Supplementary Onsite System for Nonprofit Group
Each year, the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association picks several projects as part of its Helping Hands Across Alabama to donate new septic...
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Rules and Regs: Montana Water Quality Standard Runs Into Problems with EPA Officials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared Montana’s new water quality standard invalid under the Clean Water Act. The agency’s Region 8 office...
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Installing Multiple Flow Equalization Tanks
A flow equalization tank, also known as a surge tank, is a specialized dosing tank that provides storage of effluent and uses...
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Septic Makeover at a Presidential Mountain Retreat
Nestled on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains along the Frazier River are a series of small cabins President Dwight Eisenhower...
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Product Focus: Septic Tanks and Components
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Fiberglass Tank Solutions underground storage tanks
Fiberglass Tank Solutions builds underground storage tanks for the municipal, industrial, and commercial markets. The tanks are...
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A-1 Septic Service and Installation Overcomes Site Challenges
The decades-old septic system had failed at a property on Crescent Lake near the city of Rhinelander in north-central Wisconsin.
Effluent from a...
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Product News - May 2022
Felling Trailers Air Tilt trailer
The Felling Trailers’ Air Tilt trailer has updates to improve ease of use and safety. The fixed approach ramp...
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Moving Out of the Oilfield and Into the Drainfield
For 20 years Dawn Rohrs worked as a drilling engineer in the oil fields in four states. When the oil industry crashed...


















