Disposal

Backflushing and mechanical agitation both play a role in effective removal of all sludges from a septic tank.

Facing sewer expansion throughout their territory, the owners of Cumberland Septic Services sought a new revenue path through portable sanitation and roll-off container service.

Do your homework and you can ensure spreading septage is good for the farmer and doesn’t harm the environment.

A state official overseeing decentralized wastewater would like to see an onsite and pumping trade association start up to improve consumer education.

Rules governing septage stabilization and acceptable soil and site characteristics for land application may eventually derail your disposal practices.

Pumpers and installers in the Granite State worry as growth in housing stock outstrips wastewater capacity at municipal treatment plants.

Easy to build and maintain, a biofilter is a low-cost favorite solution for septage disposal odors.

Operators of septage disposal facilities have multiple ways to mitigate unpleasant odors at their sites.

Operators need to determine where potential odors may come from and have a strategy in place to combat them.

In this month’s regulations update, a Colorado tri-county area is banning land application, while the Florida DEP gives waste haulers some extra time to make alternative arrangements for disposal after banning land application in the state.

They create the waste, but homeowners in one Virginia county say ‘no way’ to a septage transfer facility in their backyard.

A Michigan county sees success with a bioreactor project that helps pumpers and provides energy for the community.