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industry educators and vendors will provide more than 100 seminars
which may qualify for required continuing education credits back home.
Many attendees envision shiny new equipment when they think about
the WWETT Show, and rightly so. But if you dont map out some seminars
to attend, youre missing an important element to your Indy experience. I
took a look at the slate of talks aimed at installers and have a few to
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Former funeral service managers Shawn and Tracy Chilton say their onsite installing
business also concentrates on providing compassionate service to vulnerable customers
By David Steinkraus | Photos by Kris Wilson
COMING HOME
When Chilton and his wife, Tracy, were ready to start a family, they also
decided to start their own business. They had already spent years in small
business, but it was Tracys familys business. This one would be their own,
and they chose wastewater.
Since they began it in late 2008, All Clear Pumping & Sewer based in
Jefferson City, Missouri has grown as fast as children, and for some of the
same reasons: careful nurturing and an attention to the little things that
make a big difference in the long term.
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The Chiltons got their start in small business in Troy, Missouri, about
60 miles northwest of St. Louis. They ran a funeral home. It was one of
about a dozen that Tracys family owns, but Chilton also worked part time
for a pumping company. They wanted to be closer to extended family, so
they moved back home to Jefferson City and founded All Clear.
You not only get benefits like the 401(k), but you
also get bonuses for going above and beyond. ...
What were really doing is teaching a skill set
to our people, and we want them to stay
and gain experience for us.
Jason Jones
The majority of All Clears revenue is in system installation, maintenance
and a small but rising number of inspections being requested by mortgage
banks. Pumping is also an important business.
<<OPPOSITE PAGE: All Clear Pumping & Sewer project manager Jason Jones,
right, shows a new Polylok Universal Kid Catcher safety screen to Tracy Chilton, left,
and Shawn Chilton as the All Clear co-owners pay a visit to a work site in Fulton,
Missouri.
ABOVE: Jason Jones, left, watches as operator Phil Bailey uses a Bobcat 435 ZHS
mini-excavator to fill an absorption bed with aggregate during an installation in
Fulton, Missouri.
>>RIGHT: Project manager Jason Jones gathers supplies stored in a job site
trailer from Doolittle Trailer Mfg. Trailer graphics are from Envision Signs.
MAKE LISTS
In both the funeral and wastewater industries, attention to detail is a
key to success.
For a funeral, this means caring for the family and the deceased,
personalizing the service in order to provide the best tribute to someones
life, and having everything go off without a hitch. The solution in the funeral
business was a checklist: make sure a member of the clergy is booked, the
grave opening and closing are scheduled, the vault will be there, a police
escort is arranged, and so on.
And you have to do it this way because its very, very, very important.
You cant just pretend youre going to remember because you might have
multiple funerals at the same time, Chilton says.
He brought this systematic approach to the wastewater business. Every
job has its own folder, and inside that folder is a standard checklist to make
sure theres a signature on a contract, the permit is pulled, the tank is
ordered, and so on.
MAKE FRIENDS
Another lesson Chilton brought from his former business is the need for
relationships. In the funeral industry you promote yourself in the
community, and I decided I needed to do the same thing for my wastewater
business, he says.
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CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE
Building and maintaining good
relationships with customers is
equally important, but this does
not mean cutting corners for shortterm gain.
EQUIPMENT CORNER
Keeping All Clear on the go requires a diverse selection of equipment to
handle pumping, installation and home plumbing. The company uses:
Spartan Tool 798 trailer jetter
2001 Peterbilt septic service truck with a 2,500-gallon steel tank and
a Jurop/Chandler pump
2005 Bobcat 435 that does duty as an excavator or whatever else is
needed
2015 GMC 3500 pickup to pull the Bobcat
2014 Case tractor with a Bradco Vibratory Plow (Paladin Attachments)
for installing dripline
2012 Nissan cargo van for service calls
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GROWTH POTENTIAL
So far All Clear has been mainly working in and around Jefferson City.
Chilton has plans to change that and in the process rebalance his
business. While All Clear is presently split about 60-40 between installing/
maintaining/inspecting and pumping, he would prefer a balance of 70-30.
Wastewater systems would produce more revenue for me, and Id like to
have two crews putting in systems simultaneously, he says.
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It will take a lot of advertising in rural areas, but Chilton believes he can
find the expansion needed to grow the installing business. Theres another
bus trip in his mind, too not another return to a Cardinals game, although
he intends that as well. This other trip will be next fall to Hermann,
Missouri, which is known for its Oktoberfest the German celebration of
autumn and harvests, not to mention beer.
Its another investment and another set of details to attend to, but as
Chilton has already proven sweating the details now can produce a flood
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not subject to review by the state EPA. Judge Edward G. Smith, of the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied a petition filed
by the plaintiffs in the case seeking a review of his earlier finding. The
plaintiffs had claimed the federal EPA was failing to follow the Clean Water
Act. The judge ruled that the Clean Water Act was ambiguous on the topic,
and the federal EPA acted properly in deciding that the CWA did not require
it to review the state regulations.
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A federal judge has refused to review his ruling that the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency was not required to review Pennsylvanias anti-degradation
water-quality standards. The ruling lets stand Pennsylvania Act 41, which
states that onsite wastewater systems complying with the states Sewage
Facilities Act automatically comply with the anti-degradation rules and are
COLORADO
Costilla County has stepped back from proposed land-use rules that
created controversy among people who are living off the grid in the area. The
changes would have required water, septic and electricity to be installed
before final building permits could be issued, and lots smaller than 5 acres
would have been limited to one housing unit. Off-grid residents claimed that
the changes would have banned such things as composting toilets. County
officials say they have the authority to require proper electricity and sanitation
without the changes. The county has also stopped issuing long-term camping
permits to discourage using RVs as permanent homes. Campers are now
required to be moved every two weeks.
CANADA
The British Columbia Ministry of Health has selected the
OpusDaytonKnight engineering firm to review bylaws and regulatory tools
for onsite wastewater management. The information will be used to develop
common regulation and management principles for regional districts and
local governments in the province for effective onsite sewage programs with a
focus on maintenance. The Ministry says concerns have been raised by the
industry regarding a lack of prescribed maintenance. The study will include
consultation with the Union of BC Municipalities, the Ministry of Community,
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ast year, the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport
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It all gets started like it does every year, with the industrys best slate
of education courses. The show returns to its Wednesday-through-Saturday
schedule this year, so Education Day will be held Wednesday, Feb. 17.
A day in the classroom may not sound like the most exciting part of
your trip to Indianapolis, but it could be the most valuable. Presenters from
the industrys top manufacturers and associations will lead a wide variety of
classes, covering everything from septic myths to small-diameter pipe cleaning.
There are more than 50 classes on Wednesday alone.
When class lets out, the party gets started. Just take the short walk over to
Lucas Oil Stadium its connected to the convention center for the 2016
WWETT Show Kickoff Party. Relax, check out the exhibitor sponsor displays,
and enjoy a cold beverage and complimentary hors doeuvres while networking
with manufacturers and peers.
One of the main requests we receive from attendees year in and year out
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The Kickoff Party presents this opportunity and does so in a very unique,
convenient and exciting atmosphere.
The show really ramps up on Thursday when the exhibit hall opens. Every
year, products introduced at the show become important components in many
industry professionals toolboxes and equipment fleets. More than 9,400 people
representing 4,200 companies and 54 countries attended the 2015 show, with
597 exhibitors nearly spilling out of the exhibit hall.
This year, its going to be even bigger, encompassing all 560,000-plus
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accommodate the rest of the project. Plans call for about 54 homes.
This was the second system Johnson did using Quanics technology, and
its a big one that involved not only a complicated arrangement but unusually
large tanks. It involved a lot of fixing, too, because the project had been
started by someone else. It was up to Johnson to finish the system and
fix pre-existing mistakes.
THE SYSTEM
Each home discharges wastewater into a 4-inch pipe that leads to a
1,500-gallon concrete septic tank to settle solids and provide primary
treatment. Another 4-inch pipe takes wastewater from the tank outflow to a
standard 8-inch sewer main.
All the mains converge on a 25,000-gallon concrete recirculation tank
poured in place a couple of hundred yards behind the subdivision by a
contractor not associated with Johnson. A 96-inch pump vault holding two
Quanics 1/2 hp pumps sends water through about 40 feet of Schedule 40
2-inch pipe to a pair of Quanics 5,000 gpd AeroCell advanced treatment
units. Water leaving the AeroCell tanks flows through a 4-inch pipe to a
diverter that sends 80 percent of the water back to the recirculation tank.
<<OPPOSITE PAGE: Two of a planned five AeroCell advanced treatment units from
Quanics handle treatment at Ballard Glen in Kentucky. Dosing and return lines lead back to
the 25,000-gallon recirculation tank.
ABOVE: Forms are in place and waiting for concrete as the 25,000-gallon recirculation tank
is poured for the Ballard Glen project in Kentucky. Groundwater was a continuing problem in
this location. The land was swampy, and a creek is about 50 feet away.
>>RIGHT: With a vibrating plow unavailable except at an unreasonable rental price, the
crew from CSA Excavating Services did things the old way: with a backhoe and shovels.
Company owner Steve Johnson, who likes making tools anyway, is designing his own skidsteer accessory for this job.
The other 20 percent is pumped about 350 feet through a 4-inch line to a
15,000-gallon concrete dosing tank that was also poured in place. A 62-inch
pump vault with two Quanics 1/2 hp turbine pumps sends water through a
2-inch pipe to the drip irrigation field.
The system is controlled by a Quanics panel. When the subdivision is
fully built out, the panel will operate five treatment pumps, two drip pumps,
and a six-zone irrigation controller. The treatment section will consist of five
AeroCell units.
The absorption field for the moment consists of 18,000 linear feet of
dripline from Geoflow. That will expand to 36,000 linear feet when the
subdivision is completely built out. The design from engineer Bobby
Vinsand splits the drainfield into three zones and, most importantly, fits
within the confined space available, Johnson says.
The work was done with Johnsons backhoes from JCB and Caterpillar
and a Caterpillar skid-steer.
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even then the work was difficult. This also meant that taps from the tanks
at each home could be as deep as 10 feet. In this part of Kentucky, the frost
line on paper is about 16 inches. Weve been here for 30 years, and Ive
never seen it freeze that low in the ground. Every year there are only two or
three weeks of really bad weather, Johnson says.
Manholes for the sewer mains were all placed in the middle of streets.
We had to reseal several of those. If we hadnt, there would have been
massive infiltration into the wastewater system every time it rains.
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ABOVE: A section of the absorption field is finished off using dripline from Geoflow. The
design splits the field into three sections of 6,000 linear feet each so it would fit in the restricted
space available.
>>RIGHT: The 25,000-gallon recirculation tank finished off and in the ground at Ballard
Glen in Kentucky.
The dripline was buried at 10 inches, and that provided its own
challenge. As someone who doesnt do dripline often, Johnson first searched
for a vibrating plow he could rent. It was a hard thing to find in his part of
the world, and rental came at a steep price. It was going to be like $800 or
$900 a week to rent, and it took us about four weeks to put in all that
dripline. Thats strong incentive to invent your own tool.
In the end, he and his
workers grandson Camden
Elliott and son Andrew Elliott
Johnson dug trenches with
an excavator. He designed and
built one dripline tool for his
tractor, but couldnt get
enough downward pressure
and stopped using it. He says
he still wants a better tool. His
next design will go on his
skid-steer. If that doesnt
work, Ill figure out some way
to do it because I like making
my own tools and equipment.
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BEFORE
A heavily chromed truck before (above) and after (below) a thorough cleaning and
polishing. (Photos courtesy of Air Vision)
AFTER
CHROME
While the term popularly includes any kind of shiny metal, it specifically
refers to a thin layer of chromium electroplated onto a surface made of steel,
aluminum, nickel or plastic.
Chrome falls into two categories:
Hard chrome, industrial chrome or engineered chrome, which offers
a thicker chromium coating, reduced friction, and resistance to
abrasion and oxidation.
Decorative chrome, which is thinner but possesses the same
toughness. Its the chrome used on visible parts of trucks, such as
pipes, trim and bumpers.
Chrome is the hardest of a trucks shiny surfaces, so when its new, its
pretty difficult to mess up but that doesnt make it resistant to abuse,
says Jones. One of the big mistakes people make is to use harsh or abrasive
cleaners. Theyll go at it with Ajax or other abrasives that will shorten the
life of the chrome.
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Chromes biggest enemies are acids, which stain the material, and heat,
which can permanently discolor it.
If drivers have their motors turned all the way up, their straight stacks
will turn purple, yellow and bronze, says Jones. Once the surface is
burned, its appearance is toast. The discoloration doesnt take away from
the smooth surface and we can still shine it up, but it will never look the
same again.
An Air Vision technician cleans an aluminum tank using a high-speed grinder and the
side of a canvas wheel.
Jones uses a rubbing compound and cloth on chrome, then waxes the
surface to protect it from dirt and moisture.
However, successive use and cleaning will slowly wear down the surface
of the chrome until the material underneath is exposed. Even a pinhole on
chrome-surfaced steel will bring rust to the surface.
You can use a light steel wool to remove that rust, but each time you go
that route, youll wear the chrome down further, and the chances of rust
coming back bigger increases, says Jones. Wax will protect the surface,
but eventually you will have to replace that part or re-chrome it.
STAINLESS STEEL
While steel rusts under the influence of air and moisture, stainless steel
doesnt. Thats because it contains a minimum of 10.5 percent chromium by
mass. The reason stainless forms a film of chromium oxide that prevents
further oxidation.
Stainless steel is high-speed factory polished to provide its shine.
However, the metal isnt invulnerable, as it can stain under the influence of
excess salt. Keeping surfaces free of road salt is probably the best way for
equipment owners to ensure the integrity of the metal.
Stainless steel is way softer than chrome, but because these parts are
solid stainless through and through, its harder to mess up than chrome,
says Jones. However, because the material is softer, its much easier to
scratch deeply. Equipment owners can clean up any tough stains with
window cleaner and (00 grade steel wool).
At the shop, Jones gets stainless steel to shine by using a high-speed
buffer fitted with a wool pad.
LARGE SURFACES
Whether chrome, aluminum or stainless steel, the hardest part of
doing a good job is to remain consistent, says Jones. I liken it to painting
if you stop painting, you get a dry line that will be visible in the final job.
You have to keep the wet line active and blend the lines together for a
consistent surface shine.
Thankfully, tanks have natural breaks, such as vertical weld lines, that
provide a convenient starting and stopping point for polishing.
We like to start at the top of the tank sections, then move back and
forth as we gradually move underneath the tank, says Jones. That keeps
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Aluminum is durable and doesnt rust, but its porous and that means
it latches onto stains from road salts, dirt and hard water, says Jones.
Air Vision typically uses a hydrochloric acid solution to clean impurities
from the surface of aluminum. However, while acid cleans aluminum, it
also makes it duller.
Polishing will restore its shine, although some people mistake polishing
for much lighter buffing, he says. Polishing is also known as cutting,
because you are actually ripping off the outer layer of aluminum.
Jones cleans aluminum using a high-speed grinder and the side not
front of a canvas wheel. He uses jewelers compound to provide abrasion,
ranging from red (the finest), through white, green and brown (the most
abrasive), depending on the condition of the surface.
You need torque and horsepower at 8 to 10,000 rpms because you have
to put a lot of pressure on the wheel while youre cutting, he says. Using
paste, its important to be thorough and to remove all of the paste before
youre done, because paste left on the surface will turn black.
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By Jim Anderson and David Gustafson
when the tank is properly cleaned. This is why we view this area as the first
part of the treatment process. The inlet baffle also prevents floating scum
from plugging the inlet pipe.
A baffle is also necessary at the outlet end of the tank. It allows sewage
effluent to flow out of the tank, while retaining the floating scum made up
of grease and soap residue in the tank to be removed when the tank is
cleaned.
To perform these functions properly, baffles must have the proper
submergence and proper height above the liquid level in the tank. This
allows both the settleable and floating solids to be captured in the tank and
not allow them to move downstream. Today we have effluent screens located
in the outlet baffle to help prevent larger solids from moving downstream.
This is a big improvement from just a few years ago but does not affect the
need for properly sized baffles at both inlet and outlet.
Properly sized baffles require the following:
The inlet baffle must be submerged at least 6 inches under the liquid
level but not deeper than 0.2 times the liquid depth to prevent the
inflow from disturbing the bottom sludge layer and causing solids to
go into suspension.
The outlet baffle must extend farther below the liquid surface to
ensure effluent sent downstream is coming from the middle clear
zone. This provides storage area in the tank for both sludge and
scum. This is why newer cleaning recommendations call for cleaning
the tank if the total depth of the scum and sludge equals or exceeds
25 percent of tank liquid depth. So if the liquid depth in a tank is 60
inches, the tank needs to be cleaned when the total of sludge and
scum are greater than 1/4 x 60, or 15 inches.
PREVENTING CORROSION
This image shows one service providers solution to a plugged inlet. The configuration will not
keep scum from blocking the inlet. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Burger)
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The tops of both baffles must extend far enough above the liquid level to
hold the scum in the tank and to prevent it from plugging the inlet. Here,
the standard is again 0.2 times the liquid depth. There must be air clearance
of at least 1 inch between the top of the baffles and tank cover to provide for
movement of gases and proper venting. Without the clearance, there will be
excessive corrosion and deterioration due to accumulation of gases around
the outlet baffle. There should be a 3-inch drop from the inlet pipe to the
invert of the outlet pipe. Septic gases are heavier than air and will accumulate
in the low area. O
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