Sometimes it’s hard to see how far you’ve come until you take a second to turn around and look behind you. When I became the executive director of the National Association of Wastewater Transporters three years ago, the industry was going through some changes. Regulations and other outside influences were forcing pumpers to accept their environmental and public health responsibilities or lose their business to sanitary sewers. While we had new tools — different types of onsite systems and the scientific knowledge to understand soil conditions — we lacked the training to use them. Today, NAWT offers training and certification
