MISSOURI

New association board members named

Paul Ganey, Michael Bowers, and Rick Helms were elected to the Missouri Smallflows Organization board of directors at the group’s annual conference. Officers are Nancy Leighton, president; Sean Bauer, vice-president; Seth Coggin, P.E., secretary; and Rick Helms, treasurer.

NOWRA

Conference agenda taking shape

The agenda for the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association annual conference is shaping up.

“We have confirmation that Britton Dotson, director of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, will introduce the state’s newly revised onsite regulations,” says NOWRA executive director Eric Casey. “That is significant, because the conference is one of the first places where [the regulations] will be discussed.” Members will meet Nov. 17-20 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Decentralized Partnership, NOWRA is contributing to a paper focusing on the onsite industry’s role in job creation and economic development in local communities. For example, Dauphin Equipment in Mobile, Ala., works with the state and other groups to install large commercial cluster systems in communities with poor sanitation. Once they had proper wastewater treatment, businesses began relocating to these locations. “All over southern Alabama, decentralized systems have revitalized communities,” says Casey. “The contribution our industry makes to the economy is an important message to take to local and national policymakers when looking for additional funding and support. Too few realize that our industry represents a quarter of the nation’s infrastructure.”

Training and 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:

• Sept. 12-13 – Continuing Education, Rogersville
• Sept. 19-20 – Pumper
• Oct. 2-4 – Advanced Installer I
• Oct. 24-25 – Continuing Education, Mobile

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

Arizona

The University of Arizona Onsite Wastewater Education Program has a Soil and Site Evaluation for Onsite Wastewater Systems class Oct. 28-29 at Camp Verde. Contact Kitt Farrell-Poe at 520/621-7221, kittfp@ag.arizona.edu, or http://ag.arizona.edu/waterquality/onsite.

California

The California Onsite Wastewater Association is offering these classes:

• Oct. 2-3 – NAWT Operation and Maintenance Level 1, Napa
• Oct. 17 – System Controls, Sonora

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

Iowa

The Iowa Onsite Waste Water Association has these courses:

• Sept. 17 – Operation and Maintenance, Ainsworth
• Oct. 9 – Basic System Design and Installation, Charles City

Contact Alice Vinsand at 515/225-1051, execdir@iowwa.com, or visit www.iowwa.com.

Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program has these classes:

• Sept. 5 – Sampling Onsite Systems, Waterville
• Sept. 12 – Soils Continuing Education, Bemidji
• Oct. 3 – Soils Continuing Education, Brainerd
• Oct. 22-25 – Intermediate Onsite System Design and Inspection, Brainerd

Call Nick Haig at 800/322-8642 (612/625-9797) or visit http://septic.umn.edu.

Missouri

The Missouri Smallflows Organization has these CEU courses:

• Sept. 18-19 – Operations & Maintenance, Cape Girardeau
• Sept. 24 – Aerated Treatment Units, Springfield
• Sept. 25 – Selling Systems, Springfield
• Oct. 9-10 – High-Strength Waste, Maryland Heights
• Oct. 30 – Earthen Structures, Camdenton
• Oct. 31 – Hydraulics, Camdenton

Call Tammy Trantham 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:

• Sept. 5 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater Treatment Basics for Installers
• Sept. 12 – Functional Inspections
• Sept. 19 – Innovative and Alternative Technologies
• Sept. 26 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater System Inspection
• Sept. 27 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater System Inspection Field Training
• Oct. 1 – Technology Vendor Field Demo
• Oct. 3 – Bottomless Sand Filter Design and Installation
• Oct. 31 – Rhode Island Designer Examination Prep

Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq. For soil courses, call Mark Stolt at 401/874-2915 or e-mail mstolt@uri.edu.

North Carolina

The North Carolina Septic Tank Association has these classes:

• Sept. 9 – Installer/Inspector, Swansboro
• Oct. 14 – Installer/Inspector, Mooresville
• Oct. 28 – Installer/Inspector, Bolivia
• Oct. 29 – Pumper and Land Application, Bolivia

Call the association at 336-416-3564 or visit www.ncsta.net.

North Carolina State University has a Subsurface Wastewater Operation and Maintenance course Sept. 10-12 at Mills River. Contact Joni Tanner at 919/513-1678, soils_training@ncsu.edu, or visit http://soils.ces.ncsu.edu/training/.

The North Carolina Pumper Group and Portable Toilet Group have an educational seminar on septage management and land application on Sept. 21 in Asheville. Call Joe McClees at 252/249-1097 or visit www.ncpumpergroup.org or www.ncportabletoiletgroup.org.

Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Septage Management Association has a Basic and Advanced Onlot Wastewater Treatment System Inspections course on Sept. 17-18 in Montoursville. Call 717/763-7762 or visit www.psma.net.

Utah

Utah State University has onsite wastewater treatment certification and renewal workshops in Logan on:

• Sept. 9 – Level 1 Renewal
• Sept. 10 – Level 2 Renewal
• Sept. 11-12 – Level 1 Certification
• Sept. 24-25 – Level 2 Certification
• Oct. 8-10 – Level 3 Certification
• Oct. 16 – Level 3 Renewal

Call Ivonne Harris at 435/797-3693 or visit http://uwrl.usu.edu/partnerships/training/classes.html.