Onsite Systems

A disorganized industry, legislative and regulatory ignorance/inertia, public misconceptions, and a bias against the onsite/decentralized wastewater industry from competing interests have led...

Honda Introduces GX Engine Line Single-cylinder, horizontal-shaft GX120, GX160 and GX200 model engines from Honda Power Equipment are designed for generators, water pumps...

Surviving the wild economic ride and choppy real estate market of the past few years would be a huge challenge for any...

From the start of his new septic service company in the foothills of California’s High Sierras in 2003, Doug Urke saw a...

Helping her then-husband study for his medical exams sparked Dawn Long’s interest in things scientific and channeled her natural curiosity into the...

The Virginia Environmental Protection Agency-approved Watershed Implementation Plan includes nitrogen-reducing onsite systems and pumping of septic tanks every five years. Implementation would...

Question: In my 10 years of experience, the scum layer in the septic tank is thickest at the inlet end and tapers off,...

CANADA: New Programs Initiated Saskatchewan Health asked the Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association to edit the Onsite Wastewater Practitioner training program for...

A pair of wastewater professionals who for many years have worked on behalf of industry causes and advancement were honored by COLE...

Owner Mike Fimple upgraded his vacuum service truck to this 2002 Freightliner FL70 built out for Fimple in 2008 by Michigan Vacuum...

Let me tell you a story. In the early 1980s, I was on a steering committee that was trying to decide what...

Anyone who’s ever done it would surely agree: Buying an existing business is no walk in the park. The learning curve has...

After nearly 40 years in wastewater management, Lee Sola has a well-rounded view of the industry. The owner of S & B...

The Maryland Board of Public Works announced a program to upgrade onsite sewage disposal systems. The $4.17 million in grants will go...

Question: What do you think about perc tests? The county is now requiring a perc test before we put in a septic system....

Crust Busters/Schmitz Brothers LLC manufactures portable septic tank and grease trap agitators. It displayed the Crust Buster tank agitator at the 2011...

Septic Services Inc. installs and services septic and aeration systems. It introduced the MaxAir500 submersible aerator at the 2011 Pumper & Cleaner...