June 2007 Table of Contents

Features

• 12Reading Between the Lines: The Industry is Answering the Disposal Questions
  Leaders in liquid waste hauling businesses are taking the initiative to solve a growing environmental issue.
• 20Building the Business: A System for Every Job
  Build efficiency and more consistent service with step-by-step operation standards
• 26Rules and Regs: State Tweaks Alternative System Permit Transfers
  Arizona officials require homeowners to follow new stringent transfer rules for Aquifer Protection Permits...
• 32Profile: Controlling Our Destiny
  Treatment plant helps Oregon’s Best Pots solve disposal challenges and position itself for green growth
• 40Cover Story: NAWT Details Second Annual Septage/Grease Trap Waste Treatment Symposium
  A first-ever national event was a hit in 2006, so the second annual Septage/Grease Trap Waste Treatment Symposium is planned for September in Pennsylvania.
• 48Interview: A New Take on the Disposal Dilemma
  A Michigan pumper develops an alternative to storage tanks and land-applying septage
• 58Profile: Do-It-Yourself Pumping
  Owners of an Indiana mobile home park start waste-hauling business to serve their own package system plant
• 66Overheard Online: Ill Winds Blow
  A poster asks what to do when a country club customer is fed up with grease trap exhaust odors

Columns

• 12Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor
  Readers sound off on 'A Wake-Up Call,' which was printed in the April issue.
• 52Association News: Association News
  The National Biosolids Partnership environmental management system for biosolids program reached a new milestone when the Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility in Lowell, Mass., and the Town of Erving in Erving, Mass., became members.
• 86Money Manager: A Cash Infusion
  Most small businesses will turn to family, friends or the local banker for working capital; be sure to know your options before moving forward.
• 94Reader Pipelines: The Dreaded ‘D’ Word
  Tighter restrictions are forcing pumpers across the nation to face disposal dilemmas
• 102Septic System Answer Man: Deep Freeze Dilemma
  Even though it’s summertime, we should promote customer education and proper safeguards to protect septic systems from freezing next winter
• 106Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of the Month
  This cool, blue, 2006 Peterbilt 378 is a workhorse hauler for owners Troy and Gail Temme.
• 120Industry News: Industry News
  Eugene “Gene’’ Dube, a pioneer in development of private wastewater treatment plants in Maine, died April 24 after a long illness. He was 58.

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• 76Lighter Side: Permission to Come Aboard?
  Michigan pumper’s fantastic voyage serves island boat club and protects sensitive waterfront environment