Entries Tagged Onsite Septic System

I saw a question in an online group for onsite installers: “Bed or trench — is one better?” The responses to the...

Over 20% of households rely on septic systems, yet their abundance varies across states. Why? Let’s take a closer look at why...

Key Peninsula residents in Washington state are asking the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to start a self-inspection training program for homeowners. Homeowners...

We have gotten a few inquiries about the type of questions that inspectors should ask homeowners when a septic system is to...

Problem: When a client with a failing septic system on a lake near Traverse City, Michigan, approached SludgeHammer Group, she was in...

I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about how Jim Harbaugh has a gift for rebuilding faltering football teams....

WOWRA (Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association) just had its 50th anniversary conference. During that conference, founding member Wayne Pett gave a heartfelt...

When making a service call for a high water alarm activated at a customer’s house, we arrive to find the pump pumping,...

Homeowners and septic service professionals alike are always asking us what can be done to help onsite systems operate better and last longer?...

Two bills limiting inspections on residential septic systems have passed in the Indiana house of representatives and will go before the senate...

Problem: The drainfield at an Indiana church was ponding, and after investigating the issue, Orenco Systems technicians determined the drainfield piping was...

You replace a failed or failing system and then you get the call: “I have bad sewer gas odors and did not...

[Editor's note: We occasionally revisit our archives and unearth popular informative articles to give new readers the opportunity to see them. The article...

Ravalli County, Montana pumpers have long relied on the wastewater treatment plant in nearby Missoula County to dump their septage as there are...