The Biden Administration has launched a pilot program to help communities improve their onsite infrastructure. The program is a joint project of...
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No Place To Dump? Montana County Plans New Septage Dewatering Facility
Joe Russell has been a sanitarian since 1987 and for 20 years ran the Health Department in Flathead County, Montana, as the...
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EPA MOU Partners Promote Infrastructure Advances During Septic Smart Week
Decentralized wastewater systems serve approximately 20% of U.S. homes. Although these onsite septic systems can provide an effective means to treat wastewater,...
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Classy Truck of the Month: August 2022
Rick Hall added an all-white 2017 Peterbilt 389 with a 5,000-gallon steel waste tank previously used to haul brine water in the...
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Rules & Regs: Clean Water Boosters Sue to Stop Montana Water Standard
Last spring, the Montana Legislature abolished numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and replaced them with a “narrative standard,” which generally...
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Rules & Regs: June 2022
The state of Washington is nearing adoption of new risk-based rules governing non-potable onsite water systems. The rules would apply to multifamily,...
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Rules & Regs: May 2022
Auburn, Maine, city officials are considering a new onsite design standard to allow development while keeping nutrients out of Lake Auburn, which...
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Rules & Regs - April 2022
Three counties on Ohio’s eastern border are beginning to implement a state requirement that all onsite systems be pumped and inspected and...
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Rules & Regs - March 2022
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden carries big implications for the onsite industry.
First is a...
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Rules & Regs - February 2022
Onsite companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan to fix...
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Classy Truck of the Month - February 2022
Godinez Septics - Austin, Texas
Orlando Godinez purchased a white 2020 Peterbilt 337 built out with a 2,300-gallon stainless steel tank and Masport...
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Rules & Regs - January 2022
Cities are one of the last places you might expect onsite wastewater recycling, but in late September the San Francisco Board of...
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Septic System Answer Man - January 2022
About 35 years ago a colleague and I were working on a research/demonstration system consisting of a septic tank, pump tank and...
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Pumper News: Onsite Loans and Grants Aim to Heal Polluted Illinois River
In March 2021, the Illinois River Watershed Partnership launched a septic remediation program to help applicants pay for system upgrades or replacements.
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