Onsite Systems

I receive a lot of questions about the different names used to describe sewage tanks in onsite systems. The Consortium...

Living in a small town like Blackstone, Mass., population 12,000, sometimes calls for wearing many hats. And Chris Lanoue can always be...

When Rick Hall started riding along in his father's septic service truck at age 6, Dwight Eisenhower was president of the United...

Last month I discussed the elements involved in a “proper existing system inspection for real estate transfer.” This was a result of...

“Our goal is to protect the public health,’’ a county environment and water quality official in the state of Washington told a...

Danielle Borelli doesn’t sell and tell. Her company’s client list includes the wealthy and celebrities, but she won’t name names. That level of...

We are listening to you, and the National Association of Wastewater Transporters has been receiving an increasing demand for online course work...

Still a young company, Event Restroom has built on its strengths in New Orleans and Lafayette, La., by recognizing and capitalizing on...

The “flush tax” in Maryland is set to double after both houses of the state legislature passed bills this year. The $30...

Our small septic pumping company recently had one of those “teachable moments” occur while out in the field. I hope our unfortunate...

As part of a presentation I gave during the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International in February, I discussed different kinds of...

Two years ago, the National Association of Wastewater Transporters Education Committee identified two areas it had been studying that needed additional time...

René Goulet didn’t set out to be involved in Canada’s cutting-edge septage research. He was busy operating his rural pumping business in...

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.,...

Small towns throughout the sprawling spaces of western North Dakota treat their wastewater in lagoon systems. The nearest large-scale municipal treatment plant...

Question: How is effluent moved between trenches by gravity? Answer: This question comes from an installer who said, “I am used to using a distribution...

This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place in Pumper Discussion, an email-based forum for industry professionals sponsored by COLE...