July Association News

Association news, Calendar, Training & Education

ALBERTA, CANADA: Oilfield Wastewater Tanks

The Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association Industry spring newsletter warns installers that wastewater treatment plants decommissioned from oilfields are coming on the market. In Canada, the tanks are used only under a variance in the oilfields. When their original purpose is voided, so is the variance. The tanks must be approved again before they can be installed in different locations, and another variance will probably be required to use them.

The association elected Dale McLure president, Daniel Morris vice president, and Charles Hallett secretary/treasurer.

 

MISSOURI: Smallflows Board Changes

The Missouri Smallflows Organization membership elected Janet Murray president, Christina Keller vice president, Seth Coggin secretary, and Nancy Leighton treasurer.

 

Training & Education

NAWT

The National Association of Wastewater Transporters has the first half of its Operation and Maintenance course Sept. 22-23 at Citrus Heights, Calif. Contact Kit Rosefield at 530/513-6658; www.cowa.org.

 

 

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:

• Aug. 11-12 – Continuing Education, Guntersville

• Aug. 24-26 – Advanced Installer II

• Sept. 8-9 – Continuing Education, Florence

• Sept. 21-23 – Basic Installer

The first day of continuing education classes is for installers and the second day for pumpers and portable restroom operators. Call the training center at 205/652-3803 or visit http://aowatc.uwa.edu.

 

Arizona

The Arizona Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, in sponsorship with the University of Arizona Onsite Wastewater Education Program, has a Soil and Site Evaluation for Onsite Systems class Aug. 17-18 in Flagstaff.

Call Kitt Farrell-Poe at 520/621-7221, email kittfp@ag.arizona.edu, or visit http://ag.arizona.edu/waterquality/onsite.

 

California

The California Onsite Wastewater Association is offering these NAWT classes:

• Aug. 12 – System Controls, Citrus Heights

• Sept. 22-23 – Operation and Maintenance, Part 1, Citrus Heights

Call Kit Rosefield at 530/513-6658 or visit www.cowa.org.

 

Florida

Courses are at the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Training Center in Lake Alfred unless stated otherwise.

• Aug. 4-6 – FOWA Convention & Trade Show, Dayton Beach

• Aug. 17 – Master IV: Low-Pressure Distribution System Design,

Tallahassee

• Aug. 18 – Master IV: Low-Pressure Distribution System Design, Jacksonville

• Aug. 25 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part I, Ft. Meyers

• Aug. 30 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part I

• Aug. 31 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part II

• Sept. 7 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part II, Key Largo

• Sept. 13 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part I, Hawthorne

• Sept. 15 – Advanced Treatment Systems, Part I, Port St. Joe

Contact FOWA at 321/363-1590 or visit www.fowaonsite.com.

 

Iowa

The Iowa Onsite Wastewater Association has a Small Community Systems course on Sept. 19 in Ogden. Call Alice Vinsand at 515-225-1051, email execdir@iowwa.com or visit www.iowwa.com.

 

Michigan

The Michigan Onsite Wastewater Training and Education Center at MSU Tollgate Center in Novi is offering these courses:

• Aug. 10-11 – Onsite Systems Evaluator

• Sept. 28-29 – Onsite System Maintenance

Call Barb DeLong at 517/355-4720 or visit www.egr.msu.edu/age/outreach.html.

 

Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center has these classes:

• Aug. 3 – Sampling Onsite Systems, Waterville

• Aug. 5 – Soils Continuing Education, Alexandria

• Aug. 23-26 – Service Provider, Brainerd

• Sept. 8 – Soils Continuing Education, Brainerd

• Sept. 27-29 – Advanced Design and Inspection, Part 1, St. Cloud

Call Nick Haig at 800/322-8642 or visit http://septic.umn.edu.

 

Missouri

The Missouri Smallflows Organization is offering these CEU courses:

• Aug. 30 – Media Filters, Cape Girardeau

• Aug. 31 – Aerated Treatment Units, Cape Girardeau

• Sept. 6 – Drainfields and Water Management, St. Louis

• Sept. 7 – Earthen Structures, St. Louis

• Sept. 27 – Troubleshooting, Springfield

• Sept. 28 – Hydraulics, Springfield

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 courses:

• Aug. 11 – Surveying Basics for the Onsite Wastewater Contractor

• Sept. 1 – Conventional Onsite Treatment Basics for Installers

• Sept. 15 – Innovative and Alternative Technologies

• Sept. 21 – Conventional Onsite System Inspection

• Sept. 21-22 – Conventional Onsite System Inspection and Field Training

• Sept. 29 – Installing Advanced Onsite Systems

• Sept. 29 – Innovative and Alternative Technology Field Training, Peckham Farm

Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq.

 

North Carolina

The North Carolina Soils and On-Site Wastewater Training Academy has the following courses at Raleigh unless stated otherwise:

• Aug. 4 – Soil Survey in the 21st Century, webinar

• Aug. 9-11 – Subsurface Wastewater System Operator, Mills River

• Aug. 30 – Septic System Options for Difficult Sites, Concord

• Sept. 1 – Wastewater in the Environment, Concord

• Sept. 7-8 – Introductory Installer, Mills River

• Sept. 9 – Installing Pump Systems, Mills River

• Sept. 14-15 – Subsurface Wastewater System Inspector, Greensboro

Call Joni Tanner at 919/513-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu/training.

The North Carolina Pumper Group and Portable Toilet Group are holding the four-hour septage management training and three-hour land application seminar on Sept. 24 in Asheville. Call Joe McClees at 252/249-1097, visit www.ncpumpergroup.org or www.ncportabletoiletgroup.org.

 

Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Septage Management Association is offering the Basic and Advanced Onsite Treatment Inspection Certification course on Sept. 13-14 in Montoursville. Call 717/763-7762 or visit www.psma.net.

 

Utah

Utah State University has these On-Site Wastewater Treatment Training Certification Workshops:

• Sept. 12-13 – Level 1, Heber City

• Sept. 14 – Renewal Level 1 Certification, Heber City

• Sept. 15 – Renewal Level 2 Certification, Heber City

• Sept. 28-29 – Level 2, Logan

Call 435/797-1000 or visit http://uwrl.usu.edu/partnerships/training/classes.html.

 

Virginia

The Virginia Center for Onsite Wastewater Training has these classes at Pickett Park:

• Aug. 30-Sept. 1 – Basic Skills Camp

• Sept. 5-Nov. 11 – Nitrogen Dynamics, Online Course

• Oct. 3-7 – System Design Camp I

• Oct. 17-21 – Soils/Site Evaluation (location to be announced)

• Oct. 31-Nov. 4 – System Design Camp II

Contact Lydia Shepherd at 434/292-3101, email lydia.shepherd@southside.edu or visit www.southside.edu.

Pumper invites your state association to post notices and news items in this column. Send contributions to editor@pumper.com.

 

Calendar

Aug. 4-6

Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Conference and Trade Show, Daytona Beach Convention Center, Daytona Beach. 407/937-2228; www.fowaonsite.com.

 

Aug. 19-20

Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association Conference and Industry Exhibit, Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel and Conference Center, Marietta. 678/646-0369;

http://onsitewastewater.org.



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