Sequencing batch reactor enables camp to make plant upgrade
Problem: Camp Akita, a 1,200-acre camp in Ohio operated by the First Community Church,...
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Bacterial Generator Provides Remediation for Duck Farm
Problem: The Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California, has to deal with 200,000 gallons of raw duck refuse daily. With more than...
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Preserving Infrastructure During the Remediation of a Restaurant Treatment System
Problem: The McDonald’s restaurant in Chesaning, Michigan, utilized an ATU system followed by a sand filter and leach bed. After more than...
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Case Studies - System Repair, Drainfield Rejuvenation
Septic vent helps keep drainfield healthy and odor-free
Problem: A homeowner located in Massachusetts was in the process of a septic repair installation when...
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Creech’s Plumbing Is Closing In on 50 Years as a Family Business
A bad economic downturn rarely is good news for business owners.But for entrepreneur Stacy Creech, the owner of Creech’s Plumbing in Wilson,...
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Advanced Treatment Suitable for a Waterfront Property
Problem: A lakefront property in Cheboygan County, Michigan, had a leaking septic tank and failed leachfield contaminating the beachfront. The option seemed...
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Case Studies: Advanced Treatment Units
Secondary treatment units specified for subdivision
Problem: An Arkansas developer wanted to build a subdivision outside the range of city sewer service. To...
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Case Studies - June 2023
Advanced treatment suitable for waterfront propertyProblem: A lakefront property in Cheboygan County, Michigan, had a leaking septic tank and failed leachfield contaminating...
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Treatment System Remediates Leachfield and Enables Fall Festival to Continue
Problem: Pond Hill Farm, a popular spot on northern Michigan’s fall color tour, faced a public relations nightmare when its annual pumpkin...
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Case Studies: Large Scale and Commercial Treatment Systems
Package Treatment Plant solves college’s treatment needsProblem: Lancaster County Career and Technology Center’s Brownstown Campus in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, had an aging wastewater...
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Product Spotlight - March 2023
Bacterial generator design for remediation for larger homes
Dairy manure lagoons inspired SludgeHammer to begin extensive research into the role certain facultative bacteria...
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Michigan’s Dig-It Excavating Lobbies to Get a Lakefront Homeowner Off the Holding Tank
The homeowner on Lake Cora near Paw Paw, Michigan, was not in a good situation.
“He had been running quite a few years...
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Engineering a Wastewater Solution to Serve 250 Workers
An RV manufacturer needed an approved onsite design before constructing a new factory in Middlebury, Indiana. The architect and engineering firm hired...
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Large-Scale and Commercial Treatment Systems
Remediators used to reduce high-strength wasteProblem: The Merton Custard Shoppe in Merton, Wisconsin, had a septic system designed and installed to treat...




















