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This is a graphic artist’s rendering of what a Wisconsin company’s mobile septage treatment system looks like. The working prototype is 6 feet wide by 12 feet long by 8 feet tall and removes all pathogens from human wastewater.
A lot can happen in an industry over a decade. I looked back at my editor’s column from the January 2011 issue of PRO, where I compared the portable sanitation industry to the late funnyman Rodney Dangerfield. Neither one got any respect.
At the time I was bothered by the way...