Calendar of Events
Aug. 2-4
Florida Onsite Wastewater Association Convention and Trade Show, Ocean Center, Daytona Beach. Contact FOWA at 321/363-1590 or www.fowaonsite.com.
Aug. 24-25
Georgia Onsite Wastewater Association Conference at Stone Mountain Park Memorial Hall, Atlanta. Call Bruce Widener at 678/646-0369 or visit www.onsitewastewater.org.
Training & Education
Alabama
Licensing classes are the joint effort of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association (AOWA) and University of West Alabama (UWA). Courses are at UWA Livingston campus unless stated otherwise:
• Aug. 9-10 – Continuing Education Class, Guntersville
• Aug. 15-17 – Advanced Installer II Class
• Sept. 13-14 – Continuing Education Class, Florence
• Sept. 19-21 – Basic Installer Class
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 www.aowatc.uwa.edu.
California
The California Onsite Wastewater Association has an Operations and Maintenance Level 1 class Sept. 13-14 at Mill Valley. Call Kit Rosefield at 530/513-6658 or visit www.cowa.org.
Georgia
The University of Georgia’s Center for Urban Agriculture is offering Onsite Wastewater Management classes on:
• Sept. 7 – Dalton
• Sept. 21 – Macon
• Sept. 28 – Athens
Contact the Continuing Education Center at 770/229-3477, conteduc@uga.edu, or www.ugaurbanag.com.
Iowa
The Iowa Onsite Wastewater Association has a Site Evaluations and Soils course on Aug. 17 at Charles City. Contact Alice Vinsand at 515/225-1051, execdir@iowwa.com, or visit www.iowwa.com.
Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center has these classes:
• Aug. 7 – Soils Continuing Education, Willmar
• Aug. 10 – Soils Continuing Education, New Ulm
• Aug. 21-24 – Service Provider, St. Cloud
• Sept. 6 – Sampling, Cloquet
• Sept. 13 – Soils Continuing Education, Iron Mountain
• Sept. 25-27 – Advanced Design and Inspection of Onsite Systems, Part 1, Mankato
Call Nick Haig at 800/322-8642 or visit www.septic.umn.edu.
Missouri
The Missouri Smallflows Organization has these CEU courses:
• Sept. 12 – Media Filters, Mt. Vernon
• Sept. 13 – Earthen Structures, Mt. Vernon
• Sept. 25-26 – Operations and Maintenance, Camdenton
Call Tammy Trantham at 417/739-4100 or visit www.mosmallflows.org.
Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has a state-approved Operations and Maintenance course on Sept. 7 at Scottsbluff. Call the extension at 402/472-9390 or visit www.deq.state.ne.us/WasteWat.nsf/pages/OnsitePDH.
New England
The New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston has these courses:
• Aug. 9 – Surveying Basics for the Onsite Wastewater Contractor
• Sept. 6 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater Treatment Basics for Installers
• Sept. 13 – Innovative and Alternative Technologies
• Sept. 19 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater System Inspection
• Sept. 19-20 – Conventional Onsite Wastewater System Inspection and Field Training
• Sept. 27 – Innovative and Alternative Technology Field Training, Peckham Farm
Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq.
North Carolina
North Carolina State University has the following courses:
• Sept. 11 – Introductory Installer, Mills River
• Sept. 18 – Subsurface Wastewater System Operator, Mills River
Call Joni Tanner at 919/513-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu/training.
The North Carolina Pumper Group and Portable Toilet Group has a septage management training and land application seminar on Sept. 22 in Asheville. Call Joe McClees at 252/249-1097 or visit www.ncpumpergroup.org or www.ncportabletoiletgroup.org.
The North Carolina Septic Tank Association has an Installer Inspector class on Sept. 10-11 at Swansboro. Call 336/416-3565 or visit www.ncsta.net.
Oregon
The Chemeketa Community College has an Installer class on Aug. 15 at Salem. Call 503/399-5181 or visit www.chemeketa.edu/busprofession/ccbi/customizedtraining/deq/classes.html.
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Septage Management Association has a Basic and Advanced Onlot Wastewater Treatment System Inspection course Sept. 11-12 at Montoursville. Call 717/763-7762 or visit www.psma.net.
Utah
Utah State University has these On-Site Wastewater Treatment Certification renewal workshops on:
• Sept. 6 – Level 3, Logan
• Sept. 24-26 – Level 1, Vernal
• Sept. 27 – Level 2, Vernal
Call Ivonne Harris at 435/797-3693 or visit http://uwrl.usu.edu/partnerships/training/classes.html.
Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association has a Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Evaluator Certification course Aug. 16-17 at the Lakewoods Resort in Cable. The course carries 16 CEUs. Call 608/441-1436 or visit www.wowra.com.
