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Last month we wrote about systems in which a pump delivers effluent or sewage to a location where the rest of the...

Reputation is everything,” says Alex Mauck, third-generation owner of Goodman Sanitation in Troutdale, Ore., a suburb of Portland. “As customers get smarter,...

Ask homeowners about almost any aspect of their home and chances are they will regale you with facts – the kind of...

For those riding the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome aboard the systematic process of evaluating the components of an onsite...

For 12 months or longer, sewage ponded under a three-bedroom mobile home in Alkol, W.Va., until it spread 30 feet beyond the...

They wanted to be a one-stop-shop for problems with underground utility lines: to find it, fix it, and leave the client in...

To expand its business, Tillett Plumbing & Heating chose the sizzle and the steak, combining a trailer jetter from Spartan Tool and...

Have you ever gone to an isolated place and sat for a while, just marveling at the silence? Now imagine if you...

It was supposed to be a business serving the central part of Iowa, providing basic water and wastewater services to municipalities and...

The V-roof on the barracks of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Fla., directed rain into seven deteriorated cast-iron...

There isn’t much high ground south of New Orleans. Contour lines on topographic maps are far apart, and the water table is...

When there’s a sewage odor at a home or other building with a septic system, the tendency is to blame the onsite...

A well-trained team can make the difference between business success and failure. Lovett Services in Portland, Ore., has built a loyal workforce...

The way brothers Mark and Dave Denny see the world of municipal sewer maintenance, it’s better to be the Joneses than to...

Small doesn’t necessarily mean safe. Low-horsepower gasoline engines like those used on pressure washers, portable waterjetters, air compressors, and generators produce carbon...

During inspection of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) combined sewers, workers discovered two sections of 12-inch vitrified clay pipe...

An engineer in St. Charles County, Mo., hired 18-year-olds to do his percolation tests, designed the onsite systems on his kitchen table,...

For those reading this series on the Treatment Train for the first time, welcome to the process of evaluating the components of...

Blowing and drifting snow often closed stretches of Interstate 15 and mountain passes near Dearborn, Mont., backing up traffic to southbound and...