Onsite Systems

Working in southwest Delaware, McMullen Septic Service encounters home sites that require more than conventional rock-and-pipe onsite wastewater treatment systems. Co-owner Brian McMullen...

Piping is the conduit that collects wastewater from the source and conveys wastewater from one component to another. Piping transmits wastewater through...

As I travel across the country and discuss gravity distribution, one of the biggest variations I see is how the effluent is...

Washed rock is used as distribution media in soil treatment area, media filters and in interceptor drains. It is obtained from quarries...

High-efficiency furnaces save on energy use and are getting more common every year. The fire in a gas furnace is a reaction between...

Unless the site conditions require over-excavation, it should be avoided as natural soil typically provides the most stable base for system components....

A septage hauler will pay $500,000 in penalties and fees for illegally disposing of wastewater. In addition, Midstate Sewerage of Millbury, Massachusetts,...

Advanced Treatment Units Clarus Environmental Fusion Clarus Environmental’s Fusion systems are drop-in wastewater treatment units designed for decentralized applications where effluent quality must meet or...

The Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP) at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center conducted a brief study to understand more about...

Voters in Talladega County, Alabama, decisively say septage may not be spread on land in the county. Although the county still had...

Many of the media filters used in today’s wastewater industry use proprietary technology or components and come from the manufacturer as pre-assembled...

Editor’s note: This article features a Septic System Answer Man column that first ran in Pumper magazine nearly a decade ago, in December...

In August 2020, the University of Minnesota’s Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP) conducted a brief follow-up study of four commonly purchased recreational...

Five years after contaminated water in Flint became a national news story, Michigan’s governor announced a huge infrastructure bill that addresses water...

Electrical shock is a potential hazard to onsite wastewater treatment system professionals. Written procedures for dealing with electrical hazards must be part...

Your tailgate safety meetings probably focus mainly on the major hazards involved with septic installation work like operating heavy equipment and trench...

A drip dispersal system is a small-diameter pressurized effluent distribution system that can deliver small, precise doses of effluent to the soil...