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.