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An installer wrote asking whether polymers present in soaps and body washes could cause clogging in effluent filters and on media filter...

Name and title or job description: Buddy Wilson, environmental health directorGovernment office and location: Montgomery County Health Department, Mount Sterling, KentuckyServices we...

Steve Morales added a black and fluorescent green 2020 Freightliner M2 with a 4,200-gallon aluminum tank and National Vacuum Equipment 887 Max...

Suction booms are used every day to load and offload materials and liquids. Boom swivel bearings — or rotating seals, as they...

GOULDS WATER TECHNOLOGY, A XYLEM BRAND, GSD SERIES SEWAGE PUMP The GSD Series submersible sewage pump from Goulds Water Technology, a Xylem brand, is built to...

Vac-Con names new general manager for Vector Technologies Vac-Con named Ned Zolinski general manager for Vector Technologies. In this role, he will oversee all...

BACTERIA/CHEMICALS AQUAFIX Qwik-Zyme LQwik-Zyme L from AQUAFIX is a grease degrader that incorporates three types of fat-degrading biocatalysts to provide dramatic hydrolysis of...

Exit interviews are often used to find out why departing employees flew the coop. Business professor John Sullivan proposes a better strategy:...

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

There’s a fascinating concept called knowledge blindness. Once you are an expert at something, you can’t imagine what it is like to...

Many of the issues related to safety around equipment are not unique to those of us in the septic system industry, but...

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

As business owners, we often associate an improvement in customer experience with an increase in cost. We think of airline tickets and the...

The AutoBox ABX-PRO (ProDrive) robotic lance-cleaning system from StoneAge exemplifies the push for more automated equipment that keeps employees out of harm’s...

Undercarriages are one of the more costly parts of an excavator to repair and replace. Contractors can save a lot of money...

COXREELS PC10 Series power cord reelThe PC10 Series power cord reel from COXREELS joins its UL-approved product line in both the U.S...

The WWETT Show, originally slated for May at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, has been rescheduled for June 29 to July...

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

NOWRA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2020 Virtual Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference, which will be held Nov....