New technology and new onsite system products are continually emerging, and installers face stringent regulations when seeking approval to use them.A recent...
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Keep Your Company on the Road with DOT Regulations
Every year numerous companies pay thousands of dollars in fines for not being in compliance with federal and state DOT regulations. Unfortunately,...
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Industry Professional Suggests Service Opportunities to Grow Business
While marketing is essential to growing your business, so is showing consumers how septic systems work and why they are necessary. Knowledgeable...
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EPA issues papers on the benefits of septic systems
“Decentralized wastewater treatment can be a sensible solution for communities of any size and demographic.” That is the bottom line of four...
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Can Onsite Wastewater Associations Help You Boost Business?
If you haven’t driven through the Beaver State lately, now might be the time to swing through. Two billboards advertising the Oregon...
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Sweat the Details
"What should I find in a good design report?" The question is most often associated with a service provider performing...
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Train the Trainer course expands reach of NAWT programs
As the National Association of Wastewater Transporters training programs continue to grow there is a new demand for trainers to become certified...
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Pop It & Pump It
Last month I discussed the elements involved in a “proper existing system inspection for real estate transfer.” This was a result of...
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Inspection Expectations
“Our goal is to protect the public health,’’ a county environment and water quality official in the state of Washington told a...
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NAWT Offers Online Training Opportunities
We are listening to you, and the National Association of Wastewater Transporters has been receiving an increasing demand for online course work...
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Septic Inspection Procedures
As part of a presentation I gave during the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International in February, I discussed different kinds of...
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Money Well Spent
As a third-generation pumper, Rob Ratta is as old-school as they come. But the owner of R.M. Ratta Corp. in Ayer, Mass.,...
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Make Customer Education a Party
Fire up the grill, cook up some burgers, and then let’s look inside a septic system. That is not an unusual sight...
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NSF Establishes Task Group to Address Filter Concerns
At the NSF International Wastewater Joint Committee Meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 27-28, the committee chair established a task group...
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Successfully Mandating Inspections
Looking at algae blooms washing ashore reminded residents of Huron-Kinloss, Ontario, of when Lake Huron was pristine. They didn’t like seeing the...
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A Day to Learn
Education Day at the 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Expo moves to Monday, Feb. 27, with a full lineup of seminars given by...
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Make Lemonade
The black cloud over J. Douglas Adcox, a homebuilder in Phoenix, Ariz., had a silver lining – the National Association of Wastewater...



