We’ve heard from readers who live in areas with shallow solids over bedrock. As you can imagine, they report that these conditions...
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Entries Tagged Septic Tank
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Tools and Techniques for Measuring Sludge and Scum
Many products are manufactured specifically to periodically measure sludge and scum accumulation — or you could make your own. These devices can...
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Root Intrusion or Root Canal? They’re Both Painful for Installers.
In our workshops, one of the installation keys we discuss at great length is making sure sewage tanks, piping between system components...
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Wastewater Professionals Need to Know Their Worth
Name and title or job description: Mike Krepfl, owner and president
Business name and location: AAA Pumping, Albuquerque, New MexicoServices we offer: About...
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Goats on the Drainfield and Other Odd Encounters
Name and title or job description: Chris Chapman, owner
Business name and location: Show Me Soils, Lonedell/St. Clair, MissouriServices we offer: Onsite soil...
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It's Time to Put Septic Tank Myths to Rest
Every so often we have homeowners or even septic professionals ask us what needs to be done to enhance or improve bacterial...
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Product Focus: Septic Systems and Maintenance
ADVANCED TREATMENT UNITS
Anua PuraACEThe PuraACE from Anua is a drop-in-tank reactor pod for treating high-strength waste from restaurants, convenience stores or other...
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Rules & Regs: Montana Water Quality Standard Runs Into Problems with EPA Officials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared Montana’s new water quality standard invalid under the Clean Water Act. The agency’s Region 8 office...
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Here’s How Industrial Vacuum Equipment Takes Your Company to a Whole New Level
One of the so-called “tri-state” areas in the U.S. is around Sioux City, Iowa, where the Missouri River and a tributary, the...
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Set the Record Straight About Septic System Ventilation
I often get questions from homeowners, and they’re probably the same questions you hear regularly from customers. Sometimes they’re not really questions,...
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What’s Your Cure for the Summertime Blues?
It’s time to reach into the email bag for some newsworthy items for your consideration:
Wearing shorts?
Recently I received a timely question from...
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This Arizona Pumping Pro Leans Into Quality Service and a Skilled Team to Succeed
By several measures, the deck was a bit stacked against Chancy Thomas when she took ownership of Quality Pumping, the company her parents,...
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Product Spotlight - Septic tank constructed from recycled material to meet heightened demand
Demand for 1,000-gallon septic tanks was greater than Infiltrator Water Technologies could supply. The company’s solution was developing the CM-1060, a compression-molded...
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When Baffles Are Involved, Measure Twice and Install Once!
In the June column I addressed a question I received about low-profile septic tanks. While going through some calculations related to that...
