If you have customers with an existing swimming pool or a new pool or hot tub installation in the planning stage, there...
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Consider Many Factors Before Diving Into a Pool Project
Entries Tagged Sara Heger
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Should You Add O&M to the Menu of Services?
An onsite wastewater treatment system operation and maintenance service provider is a professional trained in the O&M of onsite wastewater treatment systems....
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Exploring Research on New Options for Septage Treatment
Globally, 2.7 billion people rely upon septic systems to treat their wastewater, and septage handling and treatment is an important growing issue....
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What’s Different About Rest Area Septic System Maintenance?
A new study from the University of Minnesota evaluated 25 highway rest areas as their septic tanks were being maintained during a...
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Beware of Too Many Emulsifiers in the Septic Tank
The septic tank is a settling device that provides a space for sedimentation and flotation to take place. The primary purpose of...
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What Do We Know About New Plastics Reaching the Septic System?
Laundry and dishwasher pods and sheets are made with or wrapped in petroleum-based plastic called polyvinyl alcohol, also called PVA or PVOH....
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Options Emerge to Reduce Microbially Induced Corrosion of Concrete
Corrosion of concrete is not a new topic, but it rears its ugly head from time to time. It was first documented...
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Be Prepared For Biting and Stinging Creatures in the Field
The most common animal we typically run into during service visits is likely a domesticated dog or cat, but this article focuses...
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Your Customer’s Home Was Caught In a Wildfire. What’s Next?
If a customer contacts you fearing their property with a septic system may be burned in a wildfire, you should recommend they...
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Getting to the Root of Pipe or Tank Infiltration
Research has shown trees can provide up to $7 in annual benefits for every $1 invested in caring for them. Benefits include...
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Working Around Sewage – What Vaccinations Should You Have?
Workers who handle human waste or sewage are at an increased risk of becoming ill from waterborne diseases. Pathogenic bacteria have the...
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Is It Time to Eliminate Toilet Paper From Septic Systems?
Last winter, I traveled to see a good friend in Mexico. His Pacific coastal village of Trancones, Guerrero, has around 500 year-round...
