Training
& Workshop Schedule
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on date for specific information on workshops:
June
17, 2004 - Water Movement and Treatment in Soils, Chico CA
October 2004 - Basics of Onsite
Sewage Treatment Systems, Chico CA
November
2004 - Understanding Soils for Onsite Sewage Treatment (Basic
Course), Marysville (Yuba County) CA
December
2004 - Packed-Bed (Media Filter) Design for Onsite Sewage Treatment
Systems, Chico, CA
January
2005 - Onsite Sewage Treatment System Critical Control Points
for Design. Installation, Inspection and Maintenance, Santa Cruz, CA
February, 2004
- Onsite Sewage Treatment System Design Principles and Practices, Chico,
CA
May 2004 - At-Grade and Subsurface Drip Dispersal
Wastewater Effluent Distribution, Riverside, CA
March
2005- Understanding Soils for Onsite Sewage Treatment (Basic
Course), Chico, CA
March 2005 - Basice of Onsite
Sewage Treatment Systems, Pomona*, CA
May 2004 - Management Methods and Programs
for Onsite and Decentralized Sewage Treatment Systems, Riverside, CA
*Please Note: Pomona classes are at the Kellogg West
Conference Center, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
Basics of Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems
This is the introductory course for onsite wastewater
treatment system practitioners. Topics covered will include:
- basic system components
- basics of operation
- roles of agencies & rules and regulations
- wastewater characteristics
- soil information
- definitions
Instructors: Mark Adams, NorthStar Engineering & Tibor Banathy,
Director CWTRC
Understanding Soils for Onsite Sewage Treatment (Basic
Course)
This one day workshop is for those who are beginning
to work with on-site sewage treatment systems and prepare or review
soil profile descriptions. Three hours will be devoted to classroom
with the balance of the day to fieldwork looking at soil profiles. You
will learn these site evaluation methods:
- Common hand
texturing techniques.
- Importance of
consistence and how to determine it in the field.
- How to prepare
a detailed soil profile description including: horizons, texture,
mottling, color, consistence, roots and pores and boundaries.
- How landscape
position affects soil profile and system siting.
INSTRUCTORS: Carl Rittiman, Rittiman & Associates, Pamela Clifton.
vonGeldren Engineering, Inc.
Packed-Bed Filter Design (Sand & Media Filter)
for Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems
Installation of packed-bed filters such as intermittent
sand filters and other media filters is becoming more prevalent as they
are a relatively low cost and mechanically simple alternative.
This one-day workshop is for practitioners working
in the onsite wastewater field including: designers, regulators, contractors,
maintenance personnel and suppliers. Packed-bed filter systems have
been used in the United States for more than one hundred years. These
systems in many cases are a viable alternative to conventional systems
where site conditions are not adequate for proper treatment and disposal
using conventional methods.
The workshop will cover critical design criteria that
must be considered including: Pretreatment
- Filter Medium (Fabric, Sand, Gravel, etc.)
- Underdrains or Collection Piping
- Hydraulic Loading
- Organic Loading
- Pressure Distribution
- Dosing Methods
- Dosing Frequency
- Dosing Tank Volume
The new fabric filter technology will be part of this workshop.
At-Grade
and Subsurface Drip Dispersal Effluent Distribution Methods
This one-day workshop is for practitioners working in
the onsite wastewater field including, designers, regulators, contractors,
and maintenance personnel. The workshop will cover at-grade and subsurface
drip dispersal methods for effluent dispersal. Design specifications,
appropriate applications, advantages/disadvantages of the various systems,
site conditions, are some of the areas to be covered.
Management Methods and Programs for Onsite and Decentralized Sewage
Treatment Systems
This 1 day workshop is for practitioners and stakeholders in onsite
wastewater treatment and management. The purpose is to provide a good
cross section of management programs currently in use in California.
Representatives from the following will present descriptions of their
programs:
Georgetown Divide PUD
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
The Sea Ranch Onsite Disposal Zone
Stinson Beach Water District
Sonoma County Permit & Resource Agency
Santa Cruz County Environmental Health
Town of Paradise
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
How the various management programs are administered, their authority,
financing, etc. Overall management of the entire wastewater system entails
several primary functions. Topics to be covered include:
Planning
Site evaluation
System design
Installation
Operation and maintenance
System inspection
Financing
Water quality monitoring
Public education
Program coordination
Water Movement and Soil Treatment
About the Course
The accurate prediction of water behavior in soil is critical to successful
wastewater treatment in the soil system. Water moves through the soil
in several ways. Saturated flow as described by Darcy's law is often
used in system design, however it is not the only type of flow to consider.
Unsaturated flow is the most critical in system design and site evaluation,
but is more difficult to describe and quantify. This class will help
you learn to assess the key components and relationships between water
movement, biomat formation, wastewater treatment in soil and system
performance.
How You Will Benefit
1. Identify and describe the different water movement patterns.
2. Apply Darcy's Law to saturated water flow.
3. Understand the relationship between water movement and soil treatment,
the limitations of soil treatment, and how to apply this knowledge to
the question of land suitability.
Agenda
The Big Picture
· Hydrologic cycle
Water Movement
· Why is water movement important?
· Flow patterns
· Flow direction
· Soil impacts
Landscape and Soils
· Landscape identification
· Impacts of landscape and soils on water movement
Soil Treatment
· Sewage, systems, soil, water and how they interact
Instructor:
David Lindbo, PhD,
Department of Soil Science
North Carolina State University
Onsite Sewage Treatment System Critical Control Points for Design,
Installation, Inspection and Maintenance
The proper design, installation, inspection, operation and maintenance
of onsite treatment systems is becoming more critical, especially with
systems that are more sophisticated and involve more technological developments.
This workshop will explore the critical control points that need to
be considered. The workshop will incorporate the HACCP principles so
successfully used in other disciplines and apply them to the design,
installation, inspection, operation and maintenance of onsite systems.
Contact Information
California Wastewater Training and Research Center
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0930
Telephone: (530) 898-6027
Fax: (530) 898-4576
E-mail: tbanathy@csuchico.edu
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