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
Historical background and evolution
Problems with conventional onsite systems
Technology and operation of conventional wastewater treatment systems
Federal regulation of systems
Key contaminant removal
Recent scientific and technical advances
Evaluating Sites and Setting Treatment Goals and Conventional System Design
Factors for selecting and sizing systems
Design considerations
Site and soil evaluation
System boundaries and loadings
Initial system design
Alternative and Sustainable Treatment Technologies
Aerobic treatment units
Media filters
Constructed wetlands
Drip dispersal
Management Programs for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Monitoring of systems
Developing maintenance plans
Inspection and troubleshooting procedures
Repair options
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Architects
6.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Unit
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.0 continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Pennsylvania engineers. Educators and courses for Pennsylvania engineers are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
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
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.