Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard.” The law...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Articles
Editorial
Rules and Regs - March 2022
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden carries big implications for the onsite industry.
First is a...
Editorial
Product News - January 2022
Vertiflo Series 700, 800 and 900 immersion sump pumpsVertiflo Pump’s Series 700, 800 and 900 immersion sump pumps are available with variable-frequency...
Editorial
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
“Remove More Nitrogen!” Regulators Change Effluent Parameters Mid-Stream
The Noquochoke Village affordable housing project was first proposed for Westport, Massachusetts, in about 2005. In 2018, the wastewater system was installed...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Congress Pushes Action on PFAS Contamination
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of manmade substances called “forever chemicals,” have become an environmental issue worldwide. Now the U.S. wastewater...
Editorial
Rules and Regs - September 2020
NOWRA Pushes $50 Million Federal Program to Fix Failing Septic SystemsThe National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association reports progress in convincing Congress to...
Editorial
Effort to Create a Michigan Sanitary Code Is Moving Slowly
It’s been more than a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Michigan Sanitary Code Idea Regains Some Momentum
It’s been a year since the attempt to create a statewide sanitary code failed in the Michigan Legislature, but the idea is...
Editorial
New Ohio Wastewater Rules Drive Industry Trends, Point the Way to Success for Jeff and Scott Marut
Marut and Sons Excavating was a seasoned, multigenerational family company that had always successfully adjusted to a changing marketplace when Onsite Installer...
Editorial
We’ve Been Serving the Installing Community for 15 Years and Counting
In 2004, Onsite Installer magazine was launched by COLE Publishing with a simple premise: Decentralized wastewater is here to stay and we...
Blogs
Help Your Customers Become SepticSmart
After the installation of quality, long-lasting onsite systems, educating your customers about how their system works and how to take care of...
Online Exclusives
Rules & Regs: US Supreme Court to Decide Groundwater Pollution Case
A case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court this year will look at a critical issue for people who deal with wastewater:...
Editorial
Keep Promoting Onsite Systems. It’s Working.
In the not-so-good old days, it was difficult to get anyone in the media world to focus on the proper care of...













