Developing a Septic System Owners Guide

2019 PSMA Conference PresentationThe opening keynote address highlights an online vehicle for wastewater professionals to transform rural wastewater management by developing a customizable septic system owners guide. The primary deliverable of the underlying project...

Defending a Septic Inspection Report

2019 PSMA Conference PresentationOccasionally individuals or entities may be critical of your septic system inspection report. You can run into concerns expressed by home buyers, home sellers, home inspectors, real estate agents, P.E.s, SEOs, and even regulatory...

Compaction: The Enemy of System Longevity

2019 PSMA Conference PresentationHumans along with all our activities cause widespread soil compaction. Compaction constrains oxygen (O2) movement in the soil and shifts soil toward anaerobic conditions. Less O2 diffusion into the soil leads to a chemically reducing...

Challenging Wastewater Streams

2019 PSMA Conference PresentationMore septic systems are being negatively impacted by the use and disposal of varying chemicals, cleaners, medicines and anti-bacterial products. This presentation will cover how to identify this problem and troubleshoot the system. In...

Aerobic or Anaerobic – Which One is Better?

2019 PSMA Conference PresentationWithin most septic systems, both anaerobic and aerobic processes are used to treat the wastewater. This presentation will describe each oxygen state, discuss where each method is dominate and present a methodology to evaluate systems...