Septic Tank Articles

By several measures, the deck was a bit  stacked against Chancy Thomas when she took ownership of Quality Pumping, the company her parents,...

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...

In the June column I addressed a question I received about low-profile septic tanks. While going through some calculations related to that...

Entry 285870One concern service providers have when troubleshooting a system is whether the septic tank or holding tanks are structurally sound and...

A few months ago an installer we have worked with sent soil pictures to interpret with the comments that when he dug...

A service provider I have worked with for a number of years asked whether lower-profile (shallower) septic tanks provided adequate sludge and...

Some readers have recently asked whether they should be concerned about their systems ability to handle peak water-use events. Examples of large...

Infiltrator Water Technologies CM-1060 septic tank The Infiltrator Water Tech-nologies CM-1060 septic tank is compression-molded and manufactured using recycled polypropylene. The CM-1060 is the...

Getting action to require the makers of popular “flushable” wipes to market the products accurately is proving to be more difficult than...

Over the years, Jeremy Hamblen has developed a business philosophy that’s as simple and basic as Gorham Septic, the one-man pumping company...

Every year there are news accounts of adults, children or pets falling into a collapsed septic tank, cesspool or seepage pit, causing...

During 2004, Jamie Decker worked mornings at his uncle’s farm, nights at a neighbor’s farm, bought nine portable restrooms and started a...

James Butler, a licensed septic inspector and installer with WNC Independent Labs in Weaverville, North Carolina, posted an example of a homeowner...

Infiltrator Water Technologies CM-1060 septic tankThe Infiltrator Water Technologies CM-1060 septic tank is compression-molded and manufactured using recycled polypropylene. The CM-1060 is...