Remembering the Original Septic System Answer Man, Roger Machmeier

Roger E. Machmeier, Ph.D., known to a generation of Pumper readers as the Septic System Answer Man, passed away July 6 at his home in Lindstrom, Minnesota. He was 96. For 15 years, starting in 1991, Machmeier shared his expertise about design, construction and maintenance of septic systems with Pumper readers through a popular monthly column. As a longtime professor for the University of Minnesota and an Agricultural Extension engineer, Machmeier was influential in the development of standards for decentralized wastewater treatment. He chaired a 90-member committee appointed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to write state code for septic systems. Machmeier