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Clean Watersheds Needs Survey and Small System Needs

by Shannon Pepper | Jul 18, 2025 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Complying with Wastewater Regulations, Wastewater

Clean water is essential to public health but many communities across the United States face significant challenges in maintaining their wastewater infrastructure. These challenges include aging systems, limited staff, and insufficient resources to plan or finance...

Understanding Your NPDES Permit: Insights for Utility Managers and Wastewater Operators of Small Systems

by Shannon Pepper | Nov 25, 2024 | Complying with Wastewater Regulations, Stormwater, Wastewater

For wastewater systems near bodies of water, navigating National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits is important for protecting our water bodies. Here’s a quick guide to better understand and effectively manage your NPDES permit. Example outfall...

Decentralized or Cluster Systems for Hawaii Cesspool Conversions

by Shannon Pepper | Oct 29, 2024 | Complying with Wastewater Regulations, Decentralized Wastewater Systems, Source Water Protection

Image credit: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Project Background There are approximately 83,000 cesspools in the State of Hawaii, releasing an estimated 50 million gallons per day (mgd) of wastewater...

Low-Stress Solutions for High-Strength Wastewater

by Shannon Pepper | Mar 5, 2024 | Complying with Wastewater Regulations, Treatment Processes, Wastewater

Where does water go when it spirals down the drain? Whether from a home, a local brewery, or the car wash down the street, it likely ends up in a public wastewater system. Public wastewater systems protect human health and the environment by removing contaminants from...
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