Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Will Not Lose the Blame Game

Hundreds of dairy farm manure pits — not septic systems — are responsible for tainted water in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Will Not Lose the Blame Game

Gene Bassett, left, the outgoing president of the National Association of Wastewater Technicians, receives an award of appreciation from incoming President Bruce Fox.

I think pumpers are sometimes unfairly criticized for disposal practices by local government officials who don’t understand how the wastewater industry is regulated and a public influenced by an “ick factor” when it comes to conveyance of septic tank waste.

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