Association News
NATION: Installer Academy Scheduled
The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Board of Directors announced that the Installer Academy will become part of the 2010 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo Feb. 24-27 in Louisville, Ky. If the board goes ahead with its 2010 Conference in St. Louis, it will occur in fall. The board is communicating with other wastewater associations about a possible joint conference.
COLORADO: Streaming Live Conference
The Colorado Professionals in Onsite Wastewater will broadcast its January 2010 Denver conference via streaming Web video to members on the western side of the state. Organizers have added certification and continuing education credits for onsite inspectors and installers to the conference training track. The board is working to set up quarterly training programs.
The association helped the Colorado Department of Health and Environment create its full-time position of onsite coordinator. That staff member, Barbara Dallemand, P.E., will plan strategies about the future of onsite regulation. The group also helped the Colorado State University Extension produce a 15-minute DVD addressing private wells and onsite systems. The video is part of the university’s Private Well and Septic System Educational Package.
INDIANA: Outlandish Product Claims
The Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professional Association offers a new source for combating Internet misinformation and rumors about onsite systems. The Indiana Septic System Forum (www.septicdesign.com/forums), monitored by regulators, excavators, and design professionals, hosts discussion boards on general questions and posts regulatory documents in searchable PDF format.
MINNESOTA: Ceramic Membrane Bioreactor
A flat sheet ceramic membrane bioreactor from SJE-Rhombus is treating wastewater from 36 homes on Lake Melissa’s Ravenswood Beach, Minn. This is the first treatment plant of its kind in the United States, reports the Ontario Association of Sewer Industry Services.
The homes had a decentralized system, but one of two small drainfields was ponding. The technology has a 200-square-foot footprint and handles 10,000 gpd.
After the bioreactor, effluent flows through the ceramic filter, where filtration at 0.2 microns removes even pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors.
The ceramic filters are backflushed periodically, and the system is monitored and controlled by way of the Internet. The filters will last 20 years before replacement. The system’s final effluent was so clean the failing drainfield recovered.
Training & Education
National Association of Wastewater Transporters
• Oct. 9-10 – Waste Treatment Symposium, Orlando, Fla.
• Nov. 5-6 – Operation and Maintenance, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Call NAWT at 800/236-6298 or visit www.nawt.org. For California classes, call MaryAnne Bobrow at 530/321-2207 or e-mail maryanne@cowa.org.
Alabama
Licensing classes are the joint effort of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association and University of West Alabama. Courses are at the UWA Livingston campus unless stated otherwise:
• Sept. 3-4 – Continuing Education, Florence
• Sept. 16-18 – Advanced Level I Installers
• Oct. 1-2 – Continuing Education, Montgomery
• Oct. 15-16 – Pumper
• Oct. 29-30 – Continuing Education, Mobile
Call 334/396-3434 or visit www.aowa.org.
Iowa
The Iowa Onsite Wastewater Training Center at Ankeny is offering:
• Sept. 15 – Site Evaluation and Design
• Oct. 20 – Basic 101
Call Annette Adams at 515/964-6464, option 5, ext. 6464 or visit www.iowwa.com.
Michigan
The Michigan Onsite Wastewater Training and Education Center at MSU Tollgate Center in Novi is offering these courses:
• Sept. 24-25 – Onsite Wastewater Systems Maintenance
• Oct. 7-8 – Existing Systems Evaluator Training
• Nov. 4-5 – Onsite Wastewater Systems 101
Call Barb DeLong at 517/355-4720 or visit www.egr.msu.edu/age/outreach.html.
Missouri
The Missouri Smallflows Organization is offering a two-hour Wastewater course Sept. 11 in Clinton. Call Fred Boehler at 660/885-8193 or visit www.mosmallflows.org.
New England
The New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston has these workshops:
• Sept. 3 – Wastewater Treatment Basics
• Sept. 17 – Innovative and Alternative Technology Overview
• Sept. 22-23 – Inspecting Onsite Systems
• Oct. 1 – Innovative and Alternative Technology
• Oct. 8 – Bottomless Sand Filter Design and Installation
• Oct. 15 – Functional Inspections
Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq. Contact David Kalen at 401/874-5950 or davidkalen@mail.uri.edu.
North Carolina
North Carolina Soils and On-Site Wastewater Training Academy has the following courses at Raleigh unless stated otherwise:
• Sept. 15 – Subsurface Wastewater System Operator Training, Bolivia
• Sept. 23-25 – Designing Wastewater Irrigation Systems
• Oct. 6 – Subsurface Wastewater System Operator Training, Plymouth
Call Joni Tanner at 919/513-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu/training.
The North Carolina Septic Tank Association has these courses:
• Oct. 8-9 – Installer/Inspector, New Bern
• Oct. 14-15 – Installer Inspector, Greensboro
• Oct. 16 – Pumper, Greensboro
• Nov. 12-13 – Installer/Inspector, Hickory
Call Connie Stephens at 336/416-6394 or visit www.ncsta.net.
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Septage Management Association is offering an Onsite Inspection course Sept. 16-17 in Williamsport. Call 717/763-7762 or visit www.psma.net.
Utah
The Utah On-Site Wastewater Treatment Training Program is offering Onsite Wastewater Treatment Certification Workshops:
• Sept. 22-23 – Level 1 Certification, Heber City
• Sept. 24, Level 1 Certification Renewal, Heber City
• Sept. 25 – Level 2 Certification Renewal, Heber City
• Oct. 14-15 – Level 2 Certification, Logan
• Oct. 20-22 – Level 3 Certification, Logan
• Oct. 29 – Level 3 Certification Renewal, Logan
Call Carmell Burns at 435/797-3174 or visit http://uwrl.usu.edu/partnerships/training/classes.html.
Virginia
The following courses by the Virginia Center for Onsite Wastewater Training are at Blackstone:
• Sept. 10 -11 – Pumps and Controls
• Sept. 15-16 – Onsite Sewage Regulations
• Sept. 22-23 – Onsite Sewage Regulations
• Sept. 28-Oct. 2 – Design Camp I
• Oct. 19-23 – Soils
• Oct. 27-28 – Onsite Sewage Regulations
• Oct. 28-29 – Understanding Water Movement in Soil
For VCOWT classes, contact Lydia Cox at 434/292-3101 or visit www.southside.edu.
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Calendar
Aug. 6-8
Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Conference, Ocean Center, Daytona Beach. Call 407/830-4381 or www.fowaonsite.com.
Aug. 7-8
Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association Summer Convention, Potawatomi Northern Lights Casino and Hotel, Wabeno. Call 608/255-2770.
Aug. 12-14
North Carolina Septic Tank Association Outreach Symposium, Greenville Convention Center, Greenville. Call Monica Rhea at 704/739-5849 or visit www.ncsta.net.
Aug. 28-29
Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association Conference, Marietta Conference Center, Marietta. Call 678/646-0379 or visit www.onsitewastewater.org.
Oct. 20-21
Delaware Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Technical Conference, Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, Dover. Call Mike Cotten at 302/226-2844 or visit www.dowra.org.
Oct. 22-23
Ontario Association of Sewage Industry Services Rural Wastewater Treatment Expo, Hamilton. Call 877/202-0082 or visit www.oasisontario.on.ca.
