PENNSYLVANIA: Executive Committee Elected
Bruce Fox of Allstate Septic Systems in Bangor, Pa., was elected president of the Pennsylvania Septage Management Association at its annual conference. Other officers include Susan Miller, vice president; Joseph Valentine, secretary; Jeff Rachlin, treasurer; and Ray Erb, education director. For more information, call PSMA communications director Stacy Henninger at 717/763-7762.
WISCONSIN: WOWRA Recognizes Members
Chris Olson, Door County Assistant Sanitarian, and Aaron Ausen, vice president of the Wisconsin Onsite Water Recycling Association, were named Persons of the Year for bringing awareness to tank corrosion and durability issues and finding possible causes and solutions.
The 2010 board members are Todd Stair, president; Aaron Ausen, vice president; and Sue Schambureck, Christopher Fellner, Mark Wieser, Chris Olson and Mark Prevost, directors.
In response to the coming stormwater runoff rule revisions and tighter phosphorus regulations, the Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association agreed to fund a research project to determine how much phosphorus is in septage. WOWRA contributed $1,000. The study could cost up to $5,000.
Daniel Kaminski, son of Roman Kaminski, won the Lindner Memorial Scholarship and Derek Madson, son of Kevin Madson, received the Gretchen McQuestion Scholarship. Since 1990, the association has awarded $104,500 to 95 students.
OREGON:Conventional Hydrology Challenged
A study by scientists from Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows that a century of research based on assumptions about how water moves through soil in seasonally dry climates needs reconsidering. The researchers discovered that soil clings tenaciously to the first precipitation after a dry summer and holds it so tightly that it almost never mixes with other water. The finding, published online in Nature Geoscience, could affect the understanding of how nutrients and pollutants are transported from soils to streams.
Training & Education
Alabama
Licensing classes are the joint effort of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association and University of West Alabama. Courses are at UWA Livingston campus unless stated otherwise:
• June 24-25 – Continuing Education, Dothan
• July 8-9 – Pumper
• July 28-30 – Basic Installer
• Aug. 12-13 – Continuing Education, Hanceville
• Aug. 25-27 – Advanced Installer Level I
The first day of continuing education classes is for installers and the second day for pumpers and portable restroom operators. Call 334/396-3434 or visit www.aowa.org.
Arizona
The Arizona Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association will offer the NAWT Inspection Training and Recertification course on June 8 in Flagstaff. Call Kitt Farrell-Poe at 520/621-7221 or e-mail kittfp@ag.arizona.edu.
Florida
Courses are at the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Training Center in Polk City unless stated otherwise.
• June 9 – Installer Program I, Jacksonville
• June 10 – Installer Program I, DeFuniak Springs
• June 14-15 – Master III-Basic FL Soils
• June 16-17 – Master I-System Design & Function
• June 17-18 – Master II-System Materials & Regulatory Requirements
• June 23 – Installer Program II, Hialeah
• June 24 – Installer Program II, Bradenton
• July 7 – Onsite Installer Maintenance Training, Part A
• July 8 – Onsite Installer Maintenance Training, Part B
• July 14 – Installer Program II, Hawthorne
• July 15 – Installer Program I, Daytona Beach
• July 21 – Installer Program I, Key Largo
• July 22 – Installer Program I, Clearwater
Contact FOWA at 321/363-1590 or www.fowaonsite.com.
Iowa
The Iowa Onsite Wastewater Association is offering Site Evaluation: Gathering the Needed Info for System Design, July 23, at a location to be determined. E-mail Alice Vinsand at execdir@iowwa.com or visit www.iowwa.com.
Kentucky
The Kentucky Onsite Wastewater Association has a Certified Installers of Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems class for six CEUs on June 17 at the Bluegrass Community Technical College in Lawrenceburg. Call 270/314-7110 or visit www.kentuckyonsite.org.
Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Extension has these classes:
• June 7-8 – Inspecting Onsite Systems, Waseca
• June 9-10 – Soils, Brainerd
• June 11 – Soils Continuing Education, Brainerd
• June 18 – Soils Continuing Education, Rochester
• June 24 – Soils Continuing Education, Willmar
• July 8 – Soils Continuing Education, Grand Rapids
Call Nick Haig at 800/322-8642 or visit http://septic.umn.edu.
Missouri
The Missouri Smallflows Organization is offering a CEU course in Operations and Maintenance June 15-16 in Jefferson City. Call Tammy Yelden at 417/739-4100 or visit www.mosmallflows.org.
New England
The New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston has these workshops:
• June 1-2 – National Operation and Maintenance Service Provider Program
• June 15 – INSP200 Examination
• June 16 – Soil Basics for the Onsite Wastewater Contractor
• June 17 – Hands-On Component Installation
• June 24 – Bottomless Sand Filter Design and Installation
• July 14 – Microbiology for Wastewater Professionals
• July 15 – Surveying Techniques for the Wastewater Professional
• July 28-29 – Advanced Soil Morphology
Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq. For soil course information, call Mark Stolt at 401/874-2915 or e-mail mstolt@uri.edu.
North Carolina
The North Carolina Pumper Group and Portable Toilet Group have an educational seminar June 19 in New Bern. Call Joe McClees at 252/249-1097 or visit www.ncpumpergroup.org or www.ncportabletoiletgroup.org.
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Calendar
June 6-9
National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Educational Conference and Exhibition, Albuquerque, N.M. Call 866/956-2258 or visit www.neha.org.
June 10-11
No-Dig Show, Mississauga Grand Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Call 330/467-7588 or visit www.nodigshow.com.
