Septic System Design, Construction and Maintenance Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.
It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
You will receive an automated email letting you know when your On-Demand package is available approximately 3 business days after the date of the live event or the date of your order, whichever is later. This email will contain links to the video recording, materials, and program quiz.
To track your purchase, you will need to create an account on the website using the email address used for your registration.
For AIA requirements only, the on-demand recording will have occasional question prompts that will not allow the video to progress unless they are answered, and you will not be able to skip forward while watching the video.
Please note, if you attempt to resume watching the video on a separate device, your progress will not be saved.
Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
You will have unlimited access to the on-demand video recording, and it will never expire.
**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
USB MP4/PDF
HalfMoon will mail these materials via USPS.
USB orders ship approximately 3 business days after the program takes place or after the order is placed, whichever date is later. Please allow an additional 7-10 business days for shipping.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.
Please contact HalfMoon Education if you have any questions during the process of taking this course. (715) 835-5900 or qchapman@halfmoonseminars.org
**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
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
The evolution of onsite wastewater treatment systems
Shortcomings of conventional onsite systems
Improvements in technology that make onsite systems a credible choice
Best management practices for decentralized treatment systems
Regulation and Permitting of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Federal, state and local regulation of systems
Surface water and groundwater permitting of discharges in Michigan
Permit requirements and procedures
Evaluating Sites and Choosing Treatment Goals
Mapping the site
Analyzing the receiving environment
Water movement through soil
Factors affecting soil loading rates
Treatment System Selection and Design
Designing for both quantity and quality of wastewater
Know the capabilities of a technology
How to handle high-strength wastewater
When flow equalization should be considered
Maximizing treatment in the soil through equal distribution – LPP, drip, etc.
Advantages of using open sand bed dispersal
Alternative and Sustainable Treatment Technologies
Attached growth, unsaturated treatment systems
• Mounds
• Packed-bed media filters: sand, geotextile, peat, etc.
Suspended growth treatment systems
• Activated sludge processes: SBR’s, extended air, etc.
Submerged fixed growth treatment systems
• MBBR’s, vegetated submerged beds, constructed wetlands, etc.
Combinations of the above, and others
• Trickling filters, wastewater lagoons, aerated lagoons, etc.
Conditions Necessary for Nutrient Removal
Nitrogen reduction
Phosphorus removal
Treatment Options for Difficult Sites
Off-lot (cluster) solutions
Effluent sewer collection options
Re-use of treated wastewater
Management Program for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Monitoring of systems
Developing maintenance plans
Inspection procedures
Repair options
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CLE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states. 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). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
This seminar offers contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity; 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 Stephens
Stephens Consulting ServicesPresident, Stephens Consulting Services
Mr. 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.
Michael Stephens
Stephens Consulting ServicesStephens Consulting Services
Mr. Stephens has now been in the operation and maintenance of septic systems for over 20 years. His company, SCS Systems LLC, has grown from providing operation and maintenance services on single-family home septic systems to now operating 32 community systems, 30 commercial systems, and STEP/STEG collection systems for over 700 homes. SCS Systems now contracts for operation and maintenance in 22 counties across Michigan, managing both groundwater and NPDES permits and discharges for numerous clients.
Mr. Stephens has a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Grand Rapids Baptist College. He is a certified wastewater operator with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for both municipal and commercial wastewater treatment facilities. Mr. Stephens has served in leadership roles for the Michigan Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, and the Michigan Water Environment Association.