Conventional and Alternative Septic Systems
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Overview of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Technology and operation of conventional wastewater treatment systems
Problems with conventional onsite systems
Recent scientific and technical advances
Performance-based management of systems
Regulation, Permitting and Sustainability of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Federal, state and local regulation of systems
Coordinating system regulation with surface and groundwater regulations
Permit requirements and procedures
Permitting procedures
Evaluating Sites and Setting Treatment Goals
System boundaries and loadings
Analyzing the receiving environment
Evaluating landscape and soil types
Nitrogen and pathogen removal
Treatment/removal of phosphorus and other pollutants
Mapping the site
Conventional Treatment System Selection and Design
Factors for selecting and sizing systems
Design considerations
Designs to improve system performance
Designing for wastewater strength as well as quantity
Alternative and Sustainable Treatment Technologies
Aerobic treatment systems
Peat biofilter wastewater treatment systems
Drip dispersal wastewater disposal systems
Fixed-activated sludge treatment
Recirculating sand filters
Sequencing batch reactors
Evapotransipration
Enhanced nutrient removal
Stabilization ponds and constructed wetlands
Management Programs for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Monitoring of systems
Management plans for sustainability
Inspection programs
Repair options
Potential for expanded use of well-managed onsite systems
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers inmost states, including Michigan. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885).
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
This seminar offers contractors a continuing education opportunity, but it has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Larry D. Stephens
President, Stephens Consulting ServicesMr. Stephens is the owner and founder of Stephens Consulting Services, P.C., a highly-skilled civil engineering firm established in 1980 with clients throughout lower Michigan and the Midwest. Under his leadership, Stephens Consulting Services, P.C. has become a leader in problem solving, particularly with regard to sustainable solutions for wastewater treatment for small communities.
Mr. Stephens is also partner in SCS Systems, LLC, a second company established in 2001 to provide management and maintenance services for onsite and cluster wastewater treatment systems.
Prior to establishing Stephens Consulting Services, P.C., Mr. Stephens was a Regional Engineer with the Division of Community Environmental Health, Michigan Department of Public Health, in Lansing, Michigan. During the course of his 12 years of service with the State of Michigan, Mr. Stephens was involved with policy development, rule-making and regulatory review with regard to various types of land development infrastructure.
Mr. Stephens is a licensed professional engineer in Michigan, and is past president of the Michigan Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (MOWRA). He holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University, and a Masters of Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida.