The Tennessee Onsite Wastewater Association (TOWA) has a diverse membership that President Bob O’Dette says helps build broad consensus on ways to protect the environment. TOWA’s membership consists of installers and pumpers, manufacturers, field practitioners, suppliers, engineers, soil scientists, distributors, research professionals, educators, consultants and regulators. (Learn more about TOWA at www.tnonsite.org.)O’Dette assumed his TOWA role at the group’s annual convention in February. As a regulator of the onsite industry for the Tennessee Division of Water Resources, O’Dette is the state’s biosolids coordinator and is involved in the approval of operating permits for large decentralized onsite systems that are common
