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Feb 05, 2013 | by Scottie Dayton |

Best Management Practice (BMP) Wastewater Onsite Septic System Bacteria Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association (MOWPA) National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (WOWRA) Kansas Small Flows Association (KSFA) Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association (WCOWMA) Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association (AOWMA) Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show (WWETT) Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association (OOWA) Pennsylvania Association of Sewage Enforcement Officers (PASEO) Onsite Wastewater Association of Idaho (OWAI) Saskatchewan Onsite Wastewater Management Association (SOWMA) Texas Onsite Wastewater Association (TOWA) Granite State Designers and Installers Association (GSDIA) Education Pennsylvania Septage Management Association (PSMA) Washington On-Site Sewage Association (WOSSA)

MINNESOTA Frost-fighting BMPs Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staffer Barb McCarthy reports that St. Louis County installers have adopted best management practices to help keep water from freezing in the 2-inch pressure pipe just after it leaves the pump tank. This portion of piping can sag as the ground settles, allowing ice to accumulate in the dip when the pump shuts off and effluent drains back to the tank. Enough ice will plug the system. To avoid the situation, installers tamp down the backfill, especially beneath the pipe outlet. Then they install a length of Schedule 40

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