Online Exclusives
Maximize Your Homeowner Education Efforts During SepticSmart Week
It's not easy, but educating your customers about how their septic systems function is a critical part of your job
Homeowner Education Articles
Online Exclusives
Another Product That Could Harm Septic Systems
If your customers are frequently indulging in the use of bath bombs, it could mean bad news for their onsite systems
Editorial
Septic Is the Future of Wastewater Treatment in Vermont
Strong homeowner education is crucial to safe groundwater in a state with access to few municipal treatment plants and a tradition and topography that favors decentralized treatment.
Editorial
“What’s Wrong With Pumping Through an Inspection Port?”
The Answer Man says professional responsibility should prompt pumpers to refuse requests to clean a septic tank through a 4-inch pipe.
Editorial
California Moves Toward Toilet-to-Tap Wastewater Recycling
Editorial
Is It Time to Rethink Daily Water Use Numbers?
Low-flow toilets and education about conservation are driving down water use per capita. So is it time to change the way septic systems are sized?
Online Exclusives
Site Evaluators Team Up With Habitat for Humanity
Editorial
Linking Pumpers and the Public in the Classroom
Stepping out to educate septic system users will generate more maintenance business and result in happier homeowners.
Online Exclusives
Start Your Own ‘Septic Social’ Event to Educate Homeowners
A Vermont Public Radio podcast presents a great idea for helping your customers understand their septic systems
Online Exclusives
New Study Shows Decline in Residential Water Use
Online Exclusives
Exploding Trucks and DIY Restrooms: The Top 10 Stories of 2016
Online Exclusives
Septic Care: Iron Filters and Septic Systems
3 potential problems can be caused by the discharge of regeneration water to a septic system.
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: ‘Get Pumped!’ Campaign Promotes Septic Care on Long Island
In this month's regulations update, the Alaska Supreme Court rules against a land-applying farmer, and a large homeowner-education program stresses the importance of septic pumping, with assistance from the Long Island Liquid Waste Association.
Videos
Successful Land Application Means Educating the Neighbors
Mike and Patti Mutchler of A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning discuss the efforts they make to educate customers, their pride in the work, and the tool Mike can’t be without in order to do a thorough job at every pumpout.
