Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Septic System Mapping - From Your Toilet to Your Leach Fields

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Welcome to our latest post on septic systems. In this article we'll be diving into how the system actually processes waste from toilet t...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

The Trouble with Cesspools and Wastewater Management

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What is a cesspool? A cesspool is a shallow system for disposing of sanitary waste. Although structures vary, most cesspools consist of a ...

The Role of Sewage Treatment Plants - Saving the Environment

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Sewage treatment plants function as the disposal site and treatment of wastewater for the sewage collected from households, establishments, ...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Septic System Basics - What You Need To Know!

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Residential septic systems, or subsurface sewage disposal systems, are a small scale sewage treatment system. They are common in areas that ...

Grease Trap Cleaning | Procedures and Maintenance

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Anyone in the restaurant industry can tell you that almost nothing is worse than grease clogging up pipes or backing up a drain. Unfortunate...

Septic Tank Pumping Procedures and Costs

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For millions of people living in rural settings septic tank pumping is a fact of life. With the closest municipal sewage hookup miles away a...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Age of Alternative Septic Systems - Possible Cost and Design Benefits

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Are you sick and tired of dealing with traditional septic systems? Don't worry, because we have come to provide you with a comprehensive...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

EPA Recognizes University of Arizona and Arizona State University, Winners of Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

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PHOENIX – Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-recognizes-university-arizona-and-arizona-state-univ...

EPA Announces Winners of its Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

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WASHINGTON (April 29, 2020) — Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-winners-its-annual-cam...

Howard County teacher wins regional environmental education award

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PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that science teacher Ann Strozyk from the Howard Co...

Bucks County student wins regional environmental education award

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PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2020) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Lea Wang, a sophomore at Council Rock High Sch...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Capital High School students in Helena, Montana, recognized during online ceremony as Grand Prize winner of EPA ‘See a Bloom, Give it Room’ high school video challenge

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HELENA (April 23, 2020) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Deputy Regional Administrator Deb Thomas recognized stu...

EPA Announces $192 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to Reduce Sewer Overflows in Seattle

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WASHINGTON (April 28, 2020) — Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-192-million-water-infr...
Monday, April 27, 2020

EPA Announces $280 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to the City of Wichita

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WASHINGTON (April 27, 2020) — Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-280-million-water-infr...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Kickapoo Nation School Students in Kansas Win EPA Environmental Award, as EPA Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Education

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/kickapoo-nation-school-students-kansas-wi...

EPA Proposes Municipal Stormwater General Permit Modifications for New Hampshire Communities

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BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing targeted modifications to the 2017 Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer...

EPA Proposes Municipal Stormwater General Permit Modifications for Massachusetts Communities

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BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing targeted modifications to the 2016 Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer...

EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day At Home and Online

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ATLANTA (April 23, 2020) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marks the 50th anniversary celebration of Earth Day with a nation-...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day at Home and Online

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-celebrates-50th-earth-day-home-and-on...

EPA Announces Tentative Awardees for the Waterway Trash Reduction Grant in the Gulf

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BILOXI, Miss. (April 22, 2020) – Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-tentative-awardees-...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

EPA Awards Tennessee $697,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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TENNESSEE (April 21, 2020) —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards $697,000 in grant funding to assist Tennessee with ...
Friday, April 17, 2020

EPA clears the way for the State of Washington to implement its own Water Quality Standards

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SEATTLE  –  On April 16, 2020, EPA finalized the withdrawal of certain federal human health criteria (HHC) water quality standards in the st...

EPA Awards Florida $1,752,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (April 17, 2020) —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards $1,752,000 in grant funding to assist Flori...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

EPA at 50: EPA Reflects on 50 Years of Earth Day

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-50-epa-reflects-50-years-earth-day ...

EPA Requests Public Comment on Michigan’s Application for Primacy for Certain Underground Injection Wells

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CHICAGO — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public input regarding the State of Michigan’s request to have...

EPA orders D.C. asphalt manufacturer to reduce polluted runoff to Anacostia River

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PHILADELPHIA (April 16, 2020) -- The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-orders-dc-asphalt-manufacturer-reduc...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

EPA order enforces spill prevention safeguards at Tangier, Va. Fuel Storage Facility

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PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Tangier Oil Company, Inc. has agreed to take a...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

EPA awards over $9 million in GLRI funding for projects to reduce excess nutrients in the Great Lakes

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WASHINGTON (April 14, 2020) – Today the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-over-9-million-glri-fundin...

EPA announces $2.9 million Great Lakes project to clean up contaminated sediment in Detroit River, enabling expansion of city’s Riverwalk

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DETROIT (April 14, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed a $2.9 million agreement to remediate contaminated sedi...
Monday, April 13, 2020

U.S. settles with Oregon landowner over federal Clean Water Act violations near the banks of the North Santiam River

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SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have lodged a proposed Consent Decree in federal...

EPA awards $6.4 million to Great Lakes Fishery Commission for projects to restore and manage fish species

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – (April 13, 2020) The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-64-million-great-lakes-fis...

EPA Announces Record of Decision for Hastings Superfund Site, Operable Unit 1, in Hastings, Nebraska

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-record-decision-hastings-su...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska

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The following summarize enforcement actions the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 office completed in November and December o...

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative receives $20 million in additional funding

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from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-receives-20-million-additional-funding from ...

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative receives $20 million in additional funding

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WASHINGTON (April 9, 2020) — Following Congress’ appropriation of an additional $20 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) fun...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

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Seattle, WA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled two federal Clean Water Act cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, located ...

EPA Awards South Carolina $519,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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COLUMBIA, S.C. - (April 8, 2020) —Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-south-carolina-519000...

EPA Awards Missouri $719,000 to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-missouri-719000-test-lead-scho...

EPA Awards Nebraska $522,000 to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-nebraska-522000-test-lead-scho...

EPA Awards Kansas $472,000 to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

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Environmental News  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-kansas-472000-test-lead-schoo...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

EPA to Maintain WaterSense Program Specifications

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from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-maintain-watersense-program-specifications from Ed's Environmental Blog...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

EPA settles with Eastern Oregon fuel distributor for fuel storage violations

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SEATTLE - The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-settles-eastern-oregon-fuel-distributor-fuel-storage-violat...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

EPA Takes Step Toward Granting Wyoming Primacy for Certain Underground Injection Wells

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WASHINGTON (April 1, 2020) — Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-step-toward-granting-wyomin...

EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Cleanup Plan to Address Groundwater Contamination at the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund Site in New Jersey

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RINGWOOD, N.J. – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extends-public-comment-period-proposed-cleanup-plan-...

EPA Awards Maryland Department of the Environment $513,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools

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PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2020) – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-maryland-department-environment...

EPA Grant to Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority will help test for lead in drinking water at schools

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PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2020) – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-grant-pennsylvania-infrastructure-inve...

EPA Awards West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources $262,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools

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PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2020) – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-west-virginia-department-health...

EPA Awards Delaware Department of Education $209,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools

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PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2020) – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-delaware-department-education-2...

EPA Awards DC Department of Energy and Environment $158,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools

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PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2020) – The U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-dc-department-energy-and-enviro...
Monday, March 30, 2020

EPA Encourages Americans to Only Flush Toilet Paper

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WASHINGTON (March 30, 2020) — Today, the U.S. from EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-encourages-americans-only-flush-...