It wasn’t a snap decision for Rob and Mariah Campbell to enter Alaska’s septic service industry. They were aware of the challenges...
Entries Tagged Tank
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Father-Son Team Mike and Steve Barry Concentrate on Service After the Sale
What began as a father-son talk about post-retirement careers took form as a new family wastewater business. Twenty years later, father Mike...
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Case Studies: Advanced Treatment Units
Package MBBR system treats high-strength meat packing plant wastewater
Problem: Experiencing interruptions in food deliveries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cherokee Nation recognized...
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He’s a Designer, Installer, Pumper … and Dancer?
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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Horrible Soil Is the Canvas for Installer Artisans Al and Sissy Bob
The soil is poor and the summers are brutal, yet it is in this part of Texas Al and Vonda “Sissy” Bob...
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Rules and Regs - May 2022
Auburn, Maine, city officials are considering a new onsite design standard to allow development while keeping nutrients out of Lake Auburn, which...
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Better Treatment on a Barrier Island
There was nothing really wrong with the onsite system serving the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. It had grown...
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Don’t Turn Bedrock Into a Money Pit
We’ve heard from readers recently who live in areas with shallow solids over bedrock. As you can imagine, they report that these...
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Steep Maine Hillside Requires Carving a Flat Drainfield Bed
The house about a half-mile from the Atlantic Ocean had a system dating to sometime in the 1950s. There was a stone...
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Moving Effluent Is More of an Uphill Battle These Days
We often get questions from homeowners about pump reliability in relation to the need for pumps somewhere in their system. Pumps these...
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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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Bringing Summer Camp Systems Back to Clean and Efficient Service
Every year, the Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association completes a charity project. They pick a person or organization that would have a...
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At-Grade Tank Access Should Be the Law of the Land
Name and title or job description: Larry Maznek, owner/operator with my wife Patrice. I’m a septic designer, evaluator, pumper and installer.
Business name and...
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Product Spotlight - January 2022
Fiberglass Tank Solutions manufactures an underground storage tank with a potential life span of 100 years.
The company “utilizes a combination of chop...

















