Septic System Design, Construction and Maintenance Seminar
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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 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:00 pm
Development of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Regulations
J. Chan
Historical background and evolution
Problems with conventional onsite systems
Technology and operation of conventional wastewater
treatment systems
Federal regulation of systems
Recent scientific and technical advances
Key Contaminant Removal
S. Heger,
Design Considerations
J. Chan
Factors for selecting and sizing systems
Evaluating Sites and Setting Treatment Goals and Conventional System Design
S. Heger
Site and soil evaluation
System boundaries and loadings
Basic system design for trenches, at-grades and mounds
using gravel and non-gravel distribution media
Alternative and Sustainable Treatment Technologies
S. Heger, J. Chan
Aerobic treatment units
Other treatment technologies
• Media filters
• Constructed wetlands
• Drip dispersal
Management Programs for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
S. Heger
Monitoring of systems
Developing maintenance plans
Inspection and troubleshooting procedures
Failure Examples and Repair Options
S. Heger, J. Chan
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Architects
6.0 Public Protection PDUs
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to Georgia professional engineers and 6.0 Public Protection PDUs to Georgia architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Georgia.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York.
This course offers contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity.
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
Jennifer Chan
Infiltrator Water TechnologiesDecentralized Systems Manager with Infiltrator Water TechnologiesMs. Chan is a passionate environmentalist dedicated to providing innovative technology for water sustainability. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and Engineering from Purdue University and spent the first 12 years of her career in stormwater management. She now deals with decentralized system technologies at Infiltrator Water, contributing to sustainable wastewater infrastructure designs.
Dr. Sara Heger
Dr. Sara Heger is an engineer, researcher and instructor in the Onsite Sewage Treatment Program in the Water Resources Center and is an adjunct assistant professor in the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota. For over 20 years, she has been conducting research and providing education and technical assistance to homeowners, small communities, onsite professionals, and local units of government regarding onsite wastewater treatment. Dr. Heger has presented in over 30 states and provinces regarding the design, installation and management of septic systems and related research. She is president of the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association and is the Education chair of the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association. Dr. Heger serves on the NSF International Committee on Wastewater Treatment Systems. She is also the chair of the Minnesota State Advisory Committee on Decentralized Systems. Dr. Heger has a BS degree in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and an MS degree and a PhD degree in Water Resource Science.