Editorial Articles

Q: At a northern lakeshore home used intermittently during the winter months, some of the plumbing vents were reported to be dry....

Think about when you were a kid competing in an egg relay race at summer camp. You were never so careful about...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency drafted a general NPDES permit to set water quality and management standards for direct discharge from 1,500-gpd...

Websites seem to be like noses and opinions — everybody has one! According to Netcraft, an Internet services company that has tracked website...

In January 2010, Cindy Sullivan was diagnosed with cancer — for the third time in her life. By June, she was back...

With a colorful, informative website and professionally produced marketing materials, you wouldn’t know that Pump That Septic consists of owner Dervin Witmer...

Dewatering System Tackles Grease-Trap, Septic Waste A dewatering system manufactured by Aqua-Zyme Disposal Systems Inc. removes about 80 percent of...

Anyone who depends on a vehicle for their livelihood knows it’s all about taking the time for a thorough check of the...

Last fall, the National Association of Wastewater Transporters Ethics Committee received two separate, unrelated complaints against an onsite inspector. The NAWT Board...

All business people know they need insurance. But once you have the usual bases covered — property, vehicles, life, health — are...

Yak, yak, yak. These days, people are talking on cell phones 24/7 — or so it seems. And if they’re not...

Federal Signal Names Dickens Midwest Sales Manager Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group appointed Randy Dickens sales manager for the Midwest Region of...

Tillman Septic Pumping Services, Jacksonville, Fla. Owner Kathi Tillman uses this striking all-black 2005 Mack Vision from 27th Trucks Inc. to service residential...

Everything is changing in the business world today. The new reality of too much competition and too little profit has become an...

Almost every day I have an occasion to look at the website of a septic service or portable sanitation company. And as...

WISCONSIN: Guiding Code Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association board members Todd Stair and Sue Schambureck represent the organization on the Private Onsite Wastewater...

Armal Introduces Top Line Shower The Top Line shower, part of the Hydro collection from Armal Inc., connects directly to sewer and...

Joint Onsite Wastewater Summit June 18-20 The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) and State Onsite Regulators...

Michael E. Knight Jr. didn’t know quite what to say when he was informed that the newest addition to his pumping fleet...