René Goulet didn’t set out to be involved in Canada’s cutting-edge septage research. He was busy operating his rural pumping business in Green Valley, Ontario, just a few miles from the Quebec border. Everything changed when government inspectors showed up. They were from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, and one day in October 2005 they appeared at the Goulet family farm, which is also home base for Goulet Septic Pumping & Design.
Following common practice for the time, Goulet was spreading septage onto frozen farm fields from his truck. He even had a letter – called a certificate of approval
