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 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 Goal
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
System performance
Initial system design
Alternative and Sustainable Treatment Technologies
Packed bed media systems
Recirculating sand filters
Recirculating textile filters
Peat biofilter wastewater treatment systems
Drip dispersal wastewater disposal systems
Enhanced nutrient removal
Water re-use
Management Program for Onsite Wastewater
Treatment Systems
Monitoring of systems
Developing maintenance plans
Inspection procedures
Repair options
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 Professional Ed. Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 hours of professional education/PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all most states, including Utah. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Utah.
This seminar is registered with the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
Professional engineers and architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. 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
Benjamin Witt
Alternative Onsite SolutionsOwner of Alternative Onsite Solutions
Mr. Witt grew up working in a family excavation business doing basic excavation work and had lots of exposure to general utility work. Working under the family business he gained experience with large sewer main installations, septic system installations, and general excavation and pipeline work. In 2005 he started his own business designing and installing septic systems. His company, Alternative Onsite Solutions, has installed hundreds of septic systems and specializes in alternative system design, installation, and maintenance. Mr. Witt is graduate from Brigham Young University with a B.S. degree in Environmental Health, and he is accredited with the National Environmental Health Association in an advanced onsite wastewater treatment. He has participated on the State Rule Review Committee for onsite wastewater, and he has served on the State Onsite Wastewater Board.