A Realtors association asked health authorities in Tisbury, Massachusetts, to reconsider new nitrogen-reducing onsite regulations. The health board refused.
Last fall, the Tisbury...
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Rules & Regs: South Carolina’s Greenville County is Ready to Limit Onsite Development
Greenville County, South Carolina is close to placing restrictions on development using onsite systems. County government officials are motivated by a surge...
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Rules & Regs: Geomatrix Loses Appeal in Antitrust Suit Against NSF
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Geomatrix LLC in its antitrust lawsuit with the wastewater standards organization NSF International....
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Rules & Regs: Michigan Launches Fund for Food Business Onsite Work
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a $30 million fund to help food businesses pay the cost of...
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Rules & Regs: New North Carolina Law Pushes Onsite Technologies
Legislators have signed a new set of rules to keep pace with one of the nation’s fastest growing states.
North Carolina Gov. Roy...
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Nevadans Balk at Forced Municipal Sewer Hookups
Onsite system owners in Nevada’s Las Vegas Valley were irked by a bill in the state legislature that would have required them...
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Embracing Environmental Justice as a Septic Installer
To some people the term environmental justice is confusing and unclear as to its origins and goals. At its core, environmental justice...
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Michigan Legislators Make Another Push for Statewide Onsite Code
Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic code....
Editorial
We Need More Widespread Financial Assistance For Septic System Repairs
Pumper often carries news about grants that help people pay for septic system repairs, and while many wastewater professionals know in their...
Editorial
Rules & Regs: Florida Legislature Considers Batch of Water Bills
The Florida Legislature faced several bills related to the onsite industry and to local control of water this spring.
One of the more...
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Rules & Regs: Complaints Arise From Proposed Stricter Onsite Regulations in Massachusetts
Proposed changes to the Massachusetts Title 5 onsite rules were met with opposition from the public and local government officials over the...
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Taxation of Onsite Wastewater Grants Ends in New York County
Taxation of wastewater upgrade grants in Suffolk County, New York, is now a thing of the past.
The IRS recently reversed its 2020...
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Rules & Regs: Michigan legislator tries again for statewide onsite rule
It’s been almost four years since the Michigan Legislature attempted to pass a statewide sanitary code. That bill, defeated in December 2018,...
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Rules & Regs: Cape Cod looking at nitrogen treatment upgrades
State regulations expected in early 2023 will apparently impose new nitrogen restrictions on some parts of Cape Cod.The primary water quality...









