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Local municipal treatment plant officials are making noises that they will no longer be able to accept your septage loads. They say...

Since mandatory retirement has long been abolished in most industries, we are living in a time in which multiple generations of employees...

The Apple iPhone will mark its 10th birthday next January — but can anyone imagine the world without it or its principal...

Removing nitrogen from wastewater is a complicated challenge anywhere, but in Massachusetts, George Heufelder is working toward a simple solution. It is...

Most have heard the age-old idiom, “If you want something done well, do it yourself.” That idea was on full display at...

Last month, I elaborated on the potential for new and developing technology to impact how we install, maintain and manage onsite systems....

From her main office in Edmonton, Alberta, Lesley Desjardins keeps busy working with the onsite wastewater professionals and regulators covering nearly half...

Owner Mike Oberg added a purple 2015 Kenworth T880 truck with a 5,200-gallon aluminum tank and National Vacuum Equipment 4307 blower from...

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Village Safe Water Program will hold an invitation-only conference in September to discuss the issue...

Problem: A private retirement facility in Sumter County, Florida, with more than 100,000 residents, has an expansive network of stormwater infrastructure to...

If you were in business 10 years ago, recall what that business looked like. Did you have less equipment? Different equipment? In...

The problem with many toilet cleaners is they contain corrosive ingredients: sulfates, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) or phosphoric acid. Also, toilet...

When it comes to dealing with odors at septage disposal facilities, biofilters are often the way to go.Biofilters are cost-effective and operators...

I recently had the time to pick up a copy of Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Part of the reason...

According to The Septic Times newsletter of the Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association, 735 contractors have maintained their certification since the state first...