Because it contains 12 percent of the country’s population, California sets standards in many ways. Now it will work on a standard...
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Rules and Regs: California Moves Toward Toilet-to-Tap, Australia Moves Away
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Massachusetts Septic and Drain Cleaning Licensing Proposals Viewed as Burdensome
Two bills in the Massachusetts Legislature concern Frank King, and one of them really concerns him.King runs Action King Services in Lowell,...
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Rules and Regs: Long Island Communities in New York Tighten Onsite System Rules
Suffolk County, New York, has pushed to replace common cesspools with advanced onsite systems that reduce nitrogen pollution, and now a couple of...
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Trump Orders New Look at Waterway Issues
In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...
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Rules and Regs: Hawaiian Government Says Cesspools Must Go
There are an estimated 90,000 cesspools in use across the Hawaiian Islands, and now their days are numbered.This spring, the Legislature passed and...
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How Contaminants of Emerging Concern May Affect Land Application
The federal biosolids rule is contained in 40 CFR Part 503 and is a major focus of the Resource Conservation and Recovery...
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Hardworking Couple's Pumping Business Booms Through Recession
Richard and Lynn Gillespie have been busy the past 10 years. Since the last time Pumper magazine spoke to them, they’ve added trucks, employees...
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Communities Take Differing Approaches to Wastewater Regulation Around Washington’s Puget Sound
Thurston County and the town of Lynden are at opposite ends of Puget Sound, and in the last month both took action...
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Rules & Regs: Massachusetts Licensing Bills Draw Pumper's Opposition
Two bills in the Massachusetts Legislature concern Frank King.King runs Action King Services in Lowell, Massachusetts, and is a former member of...
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California Prepares for Direct Potable Reuse of Wastewater
California’s multi-year drought was officially declared over this spring, but the Legislature is on the verge of making the state a pioneer...
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Rules and Regs: EPA Starts Revision of Water Regulation
In its early steps in rewriting the Waters of the U.S. Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently sent letters to several...
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Maryland considers return of best-technology rule for onsite systems
The state that surrounds most of Chesapeake Bay, where struggles over water quality have occupied public attention for several years, may revive...
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Rules and Regs: Lodge Manager Learns Historic Home Has No Sanitation System
The park district on Vashon Island, directly across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington, has discovered that an historic home it has rented out...
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OSHA Rule Requires Crane Operator Certification for Concrete Tank Delivery
Beginning Nov. 17, anyone operating a crane delivering concrete septic tanks to a job site must be certified to do so under...
