Entries Tagged Contamination

Students at the University of North Carolina spend a semester investigating groundwater contamination risks in the Outer Banks, share their findings through wastewater podcasts.

Onsite system design and maintenance investigation may yield clues about human fecal contamination of water wells.

Study finding fecal contamination in southwest Wisconsin water wells.

Also in septic-related news this week, an elderly woman gets a free tank installation thanks to her local health department and hardcore punk band Septic Tank finally releases an album

In this month's regulations update, Hawaii bans new cesspools, Rhode Island wants drug companies to pay for the disposal of waste from cancer patients, and the MPCA seeks to label wipes “Do not flush.”

Canine crews scent human waste to help trace failing wastewater systems.

Pumpers can play a critical consumer education role in the battle to keep trace amounts of prescription drugs out of the waste stream.