Wastewater Maintenance & Operation Resources
NOWRA
- A Homeowner's Onsite System Guide and Record Keeping Folder (PDF) (Coming Soon)
- Order copies for the homeowners you work with (PDF)
- Restaurant Dos and Don’ts for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (PDF)
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- EPA Decentralized Wastewater Home Page
- Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Manual (PDF) - This manual provides supplemental and new information for wastewater treatment professionals in the public and private sectors, expanding upon the design manual listed below.
- Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems (PDF) - This design manual provides technical information for those involved in the design, construction, operation, maintenance and regulation of onsite wastewater treatment and disposal systems. It does not contain standards for those systems, nor does it contain pertinent rules or regulations
- Source Water Protection Practices Bulletin: Managing Septic Systems to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water
Technology Fact Sheets:
- Aerobic Treatment (PDF)
- Evapotransportation (PDF)
- Low Pressure Pipe Systems (PDF)
- Mound Systems (PDF)
- Septage Treatment/Disposal (PDF)
- Septic System Tanks (PDF)
- Septic Tank Effluent Screens (PDF)
- Septic Tank Leaching Chamber (PDF)
- Septic Tank Systems for Large Flow Application (PDF)
- Septic Tank-Soil Absorption Systems (PDF)
- Small Diameter Gravity Sewer (PDF)
- Types of Filters (PDF)
- Control Panels (PDF)
- Recirculating Sand Filters (PDF)
- Septic Tank Polishing (PDF)
Wastewater Technology Fact Sheets:
- Disinfection for Small Systems (PDF)
- Free Water Surface Wetlands (PDF)
- High-Efficiency Toilets (PDF)
- Intermittent Sand Filters (PDF)
- Ozone Disinfection (PDF)
- Package Plants (PDF)
- Sewers, Pressure (PDF)
- Ultraviolet Disinfection (PDF)
- Wetlands: Subsurface Flow (PDF)
Water Efficiency Technology Fact Sheets:
- Composting Toilets (PDF)
- Incinerating Toilets (PDF)
- Oil Recirculating Toilets (PDF)
National Environmental Services Center (NESC)
Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)
- Decentralized Wastewater Treatment O&M Service Provider Training Program
- Non-traditional Indicators of System Performance
- Factors Affecting the Performance of Primary Treatment in Decentralized Wastewater Systems
- Performance of Engineered Treatment Units and Their Effects on Biozone Formation in Soil and System Purification Efficiency
- Guidance for Establishing Successful Responsible Management Entities
- Business Attributes of Successful Responsible Management Entities
- Model Decentralized Wastewater Practitioner Curriculum
- A Status of Tools and Support for Community Decentralized Wastewater Solutions
National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT)
- NAWT On-Site Treatment Tank Pumping and Cleaning Code of Practice
- Property Transfer Inspections
- Property Transfer Inspections of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems and Lessons Learned-Summary Report
Septage Treatment Facilities:
- Analyzing Your Resources
- All The Other Stuff -WWETT 2019
- What to do with Water and Solids - WWETT 2019
- Lets Get Started - WWETT 2019
- Dewatering Options - WWETT 2019
- 2017 Screw Press for Septage, Grease Trap Waste and Hydro-Vac Mud Dewatering
- 2017 NewTech Dewatering
- 2017 Biofilters for Odor Control
- 2017 The No Discharge Alternative
- 2017 Safety Issues in the Treatment Plant
- 2017 Life Threatening Vocational Hazards
- 2017 Rotary Press
- 2017 Presenting Yourself to the Bank
- 2017 Altoona Water Authority Biosolids and Hauled Waste Program
- 2017 Screens, Grit Removal and Complete Plants
- 2017 Waste Water Sampling
- 2017 Volute Dewatering Press for Septage and Grease Trap Sludge