About Us

Biography - Ken Morse

• My Grandfather homesteaded on the Chelan Butte

• My brother and I were born & raised Lake Chelan & Stehekin

• In the summer & fall through first grade we lived in Stehekin WA at "Camp Stehekin", later named "Morse's Resort"

• Attended first grade at the Stehekin log schoolhouse in the 1960/61 school year.  Stehekin had an offset school year because of the snow so we attended in the summertime http://www.stehekinvalley.com/school.htm

• Member of the Chelan High School Future Farmers of America (FFA)

• Graduated with Honors - Chelan High School, 1976

• Graduated with a BS in Bacteriology & Public Health, WSU 1980

• San Juan Co Health District - EH Professional in Food & On-site programs

• Lewis County Health Dist. - Sanitarian in Food and On-Site programs

• Multnomah Co. Health - Restaurant inspection program

• Washington State Dept. of Health, on the Non-Point on-site database project (temp position)

• On-Site Designer (WA O/S designer through the WA Board of Engineers & Land Surveyors)

• Owner of NET Services, Inc. d.b.a. NET Septic since 1992  (Contractor NETSES*921CG)

• SludgeHammer (Pirana) Distributor since 2004

• Interests:  Private Pilot, baking, fly-fishing, woodworking, politics, growing fish in septic tanks, saving the Salmon, Orcas and other endangered species in Puget Sound,  Gardening Gen 2:15, Phil 3:8.

Ken Morse 2005                         Fran Morse, 1960 (mom)                          Camp Stehekin

Where I attended First Grade - Stehekin WA.  In that era we used an outhouse.  For many residences, running water meant running to the creek.

  Randall Morse, 1961 (dad)                                     Stan Morse (brother)

Visit my brother's web site www.StanMorse.com and be sure to get a copy of his book at www.Amazon.com.  Stan suffered a broken back from a ski accident December 31, 1970.  Stan's story is incredible and inspiring, it makes a wonderful gift for anyone facing challenges including life in general.  It will make you cry, it will make you laugh.  Stan's insight and courage will inspire you to be your best.  

Green Quote:  There is intense public interest for recycling & reclaiming wastewater but it has  been economically out of our reach requiring enormously expensive  wastewater-plant projects. SludgeHammer makes Wastewater Reclamation a practical reality for the individual homeowner.  Ken Morse, July 2008

Green Quote:  Every now and then there is a paradigm shift - somebody makes a discovery which changes the whole picture.  Penicillin was such a discovery which allows doctors to recover a patient's leg instead of amputating it because of infection. SludgeHammer is such a discovery and now we can recover a drainfield instead of having to replace it.  Furthermore, SludgeHammer is effective for point-of-use water reclamation; which must become our highest priority in terms of what we do with wastewater.   Ken Morse July 28, 2008

Green Quote:  If we want to restore what we have taken from nature, we will have to learn from nature how to give it back. Ken Morse, January 2008

Green Quote:  We have not inherited the earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children...  Native American Saying

Green Quote:  Now that we can make a septic tank safe enough for fish, just imagine what that will enable us to do for the environment!" Ken Morse, August 2005

Green Quote: The Big Problem with Wastewater is that we continue to Waste it! Now we have no more excuses. SludgeHammer is a 21st Century Ecosystem Process allowing us to safely & economically "use it" instead of "loose it".  We must discard our "throw away mentality" from the 20th Century or continue to suffer the consequences.  Ken Morse, July 2008

Green Quote: Why replace it, when all you need to do is restore it?  Ken Morse, August 2005

Green Quote:  The issues of water and wastewater are no longer a function of "how much" we use but of "how much we re-use".  The public is far ahead of the Legislature and Regulators.  Everywhere I go people are mystified when they learn that the regulations make water re-use a practical impossibility.  New technologies are prohibited and there is no Statewide field-compliance standard.  Washington State's on-site code is the biggest hindrance to economical water re-use and we are visibly trailing other more progressive States.  Ken Morse, January 2, 2009

Green-Quote:  Allowing new technologies like SludgeHammer is entirely within the scope of the Political & Regulatory process.  It is good Public Health policy to allow the most cost effective solution with the least restrictive regulations possible.... Ken Morse, January 2008.

Green Concept: To reach the Federal Clean Water Act's TMDL goals it is NOT necessary to enforce the most stringent standards possible, just take a look at the Pollutant Load Reduction studies and you will see what % reduction is necessary.  The overall impact of SludgeHammer can exceed required reductions through a "remediation" approach instead of a "treatment" approach.  SludgeHammer is by far the most cost effective approach available.

"Saving The World" by Brooke Fraser
Didn't I tell you everything's fine?
If there's a good and bad we're somewhere in between
Often I feel like we're all navigating blind
Could we get a change of pace to set the scene

We could stay another day in this confusion
Let it permeate us 'till we can't on

[Chorus]
But while we're waiting we could try saving the world
Or are we storing that up for a raining day?
I'm anticipating the time when it'll be my turn
It could be fun to try
I think that I'll save the world as a fun afternoon activity...

Ecosystem Process (Definition): The physical, chemical and biological actions or events that link organisms and their environment.  Ecosystem processes include decomposition, production [of plant matter], nutrient cycling, and fluxes of nutrients and energy.

Call 360-923-1080 for more information. 

New email is morse.remediation@gmail.com

Updated 3-9-10