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Rules & Regs: Cape Cod Health Board Refuses to Drop Nitrogen Rules
A Realtors association asked health authorities in Tisbury, Massachusetts, to reconsider new nitrogen-reducing onsite regulations. The health board refused.
Last fall, the Tisbury...
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Manitoba Needs to Update Onsite Regulations — Then Enforce Them
Name and title or job description: Brett Gaudry, ownerBusiness name and location: BNS Excavating, Teulon, ManitobaServices we offer: Septic installations and repairsAge:...
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Pay Attention to Emerging Employment Law Changes
Employment laws change over time. Employers and human resource leaders who follow the latest directives not only avoid lawsuits and fines, but...
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Options Emerge to Reduce Microbially Induced Corrosion of Concrete
Corrosion of concrete is not a new topic, but it rears its ugly head from time to time. It was first documented...
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Case Studies: Advanced Treatment Units
Septic system enhancement unit solves biomat clogging issue
Problem: The drainfield at an Indiana church was ponding, and after investigating the issue, Orenco Systems technicians...
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Product Focus: Advanced Treatment Units
Advanced Treatment Units
Eljen Geotextile Sand FilterThe Eljen GSF, or Geotextile Sand Filter system, is designed to provide treatment and dispersal in the...
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Take a Lesson From Taylor Swift … the Employer
Four years ago, when I talked with Wright Thompson about his book The Cost of These Dreams, he called Taylor Swift “the...
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Limited Disposal Access is a Constant Threat to Pumpers
You may not have heard of Chilliwack, British Columbia, in Canada, a city of about 80,000 people an hour east of Vancouver....
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Pennsylvania Pumper Dwight Woelkers on His Team: “Without Them, I Don’t Have a Business.”
It’s tough these days to find and keep young people willing to work in the seemingly unglamorous septic industry. But Dwight Woelkers...
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Industry News - February 2024
Applied Heat Transfer joins SJE Rhombus as new rep
SJE Rhombus announced Applied Heat Transfer as its new manufacturers’ representative agency for metro New...
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Product Spotlight: Modular restroom units designed to deter vandalism
Vandalism is too often an unfortunate reality of the portable restroom business. Whether it’s graffiti, theft or property destruction, it becomes a...
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Classy Truck of the Month - February 2024
Rafi Khatchikian added a graphite metallic 2024 Freightliner M2 with a 2,800-gallon aluminum tank and National Vacuum Equipment 887 pump built out...
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Rules & Regs: South Carolina’s Greenville County is Ready to Limit Onsite Development
Greenville County, South Carolina is close to placing restrictions on development using onsite systems. County government officials are motivated by a surge...
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Tighter Regulations are Only a Matter of Time
Name and title or job description: Casey Fiedler, co-owner with Matt Gustafson
Business name and location: Michigan Septic LLC, Mason, MichiganServices we offer:...
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Homeowner Education is the Key to Lid Safety
In September 2023, pumper Cary Zeschke received what appeared to be a routine call from a customer asking if he sold septic...
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Be Prepared For Biting and Stinging Creatures in the Field
The most common animal we typically run into during service visits is likely a domesticated dog or cat, but this article focuses...
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Product Focus: Industrial Services
Blowers
National Vacuum Equipment Challenger 1600
The Challenger 1600 from National Vacuum Equipment is a 1,600 cfm tri-lobe blower designed for continuous duty at maximum...
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5 Tips to Revitalize Your Digital Presence
In today’s digital world, your online presence is crucial to the success of your business. That goes for companies large and small,...




















