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Strategies for Addressing Onsite Difficult Sites for System Professionals

Accreditation:

The Washington On-Site Sewage Association will be awarding six Continuing Education Units to Washington State septic system professionals who attend this course.

Date & Time:

The Strategies for Addressing Onsite Difficult Sites for System Professionals Training will take place on the following dates and times. Attendance is required for both days. An optional third day is available for trainers.

May 13 | 8:00AM-5:00PM | Day 1 

May 14 | 8:00AM-5:00PM | Day 2

May 15 | 8:00AM-3:00PM | Difficult Sites Train-the-Trainer | (Optional Day 3)

This training is being held in the Pacific Time Zone.

 

Description for Solutions for Challenging Sites (2-Day Training):

This advanced course is designed for onsite system professionals with a foundational understanding of onsite wastewater treatment systems, including soil evaluation and system design. It focuses on providing solutions for new construction and teaches techniques for how to expand or repair failing onsite and decentralized wastewater systems.

 

Key topics include:
·       Wastewater contaminants
·       Management options
·       Differences between decentralized and onsite wastewater treatment systems

 

Participants will learn to:
·       Assess site limitations
·       Identify design challenges and develop viable solutions
·       Determine cost-effective options for site-specific constraints

 

By the end of the course, participants will have the skills to address site challenges and select appropriate treatment methods confidently.

 

The course features a blend of presentations, hands-on activities, and case studies to offer practical experience in:
·       Completing wastewater mass balances
·       Conducting site assessments
·       Refining wastewater characterizations

 

Participants will leave with the skills necessary to tackle the complexities of wastewater system design and the management of difficult sites.

 

Description for Train-the-Trainer (Optional 3rd Day):

Difficult Sites Train-the-Trainer

The purpose of this Train-the-Trainer (TTT) training is to provide technical assistant providers and onsite system professionals with the skills and strategies needed to inform and educate their peers options for new construction, expansion, or the repair of a failing onsite or decentralized wastewater treatment system when proposed on a difficult site.

 

Led by NOWRA's Bruce Lesikar and Marcia Degen.

 

Location:

This training will be hosted at the following address:

Pierce County Public Works and Utilities (Environmental Services Building - East Room)

9850 64th Street West

University Place, Washington 98467

Click here for Google map directions.

Scholarship & Fees:

Strategies for Addressing Onsite Difficult Sites for System Professionals training is a free to attend.

 

Registration:

When registering please select if you will be attending the Solutions for Challenging Sites 2-Day Training or the Solutions for Challenging Sites plus Train-the-Trainer 3-Day Training.

 

For registration questions, contact:
RCAC Events
registration@rcac.org|
(916) 447-9832 ext. 1429

 

For technical questions, contact:
Sara Heger
sheger@umn.edu

 

By registering for an RCAC event, you acknowledge and agree to abide by the code of conduct set forth by RCAC for training participants, which is available here RCAC Training Code of Conduct.  Please read the code of conduct carefully before proceeding with the registration process.  

This training material was developed as part of the RCAP Training and Technical Assistance for Rural, Small and Tribal Communities’ Decentralized/Onsite Wastewater Systems to Protect Water Quality and Environmental and Public Health. This project has been funded through cooperative agreement no. TW-84063801-0 awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP). It has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. & EPA does not endorse any projects or commercial services mentioned in this publication.

 

RCAC is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.