Cooperative Extension Service

Comprehensive Overview of Installation, Inspection and Management of Basic and Advanced On-Site Technologies

Location:

National Training Center for Land-Based Technology and Watershed Protection at NCSU's Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory

Field Tour Leaders:

Mike Hoover, Soil Science Department, NCSU
Tom Konsler, Orange County Health Department

Training Center Field Operations Managers:

Gene Asten, Soil Science Department, NCSU
Charlie Campbell, Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory

Training Coordinator:

Joni Tanner, Soil Science Department, NCSU

There will be three different 3 1/2 hour sessions offered. Each session will be offered in the morning and again in the afternoon. Participants can select one of the three sessions for the morning and a different session for the afternoon. The field tour will be held rain or shine. Dress appropriately for field (pasture and disturbed soil) conditions.

Session I - Installation and Final Inspection of Basic Conventional Systems

Session II - Installation and Inspection of Advanced Trench Designs and Treatment Units

Session III - Installation and Inspection of Dosing Systems Including Pressure Distribution

8:15 amWelcome and Overview of Training Center
8:30 amMorning Session Begins
12:00 noonMorning Session Ends (Lunch Provided at Training Center)
1:00 pmAfternoon Session Begins
4:30 pmAfternoon Session Ends (Adjourn)

Session I - Installation and Final Inspection of Basic Conventional Systems

Session Leader: Darren Cecil, Davidson Co. Health Department

8:15 amWelcome and Overview of Training Center
Dr. Jon Ort, Director, NC Cooperative Extension Service
Linda Sewall, Director, Division of Environmental Health, NCDENR
8:30 am Tank Installation and Inspection
  • Top-seam and mid-seam concrete tanks
  • Plastic Tanks
  • Fiberglass tanks
9:15 amTank Connections and Appurtenances
  • Risers
  • Sealants
  • Pipe connections
  • Outlet filters
10:00 amInstallation of Gravity Distribution Devices
  • Aboveground conventional system demonstration
  • Parallel distribution
    *traditional d- boxes
    *leveling d-boxes
    *flow splitters
    *tipping d- box
  • Serial distribution
    *drop boxes
    *step downs
10:45 amFinal Inspection - A Final Exercise
  • Final inspection of a parallel distribution system
  • Final inspection of step downs and drop boxes
11:45 amCritique and Review of Field Exercise
12:00 noonAdjourn for lunch (provided)

Repeat Session I in the afternoon at 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:15 and adjourn at 4:30

Instructors:

Gene Aston, Soil Science Department, NCSU
Darren Cecil, Davidson Co. Health Department
Scott Greene, On-Site Wastewater Section, NCDENR
Doug Lassiter, NC Septic Tank Association
Bill Rawlins, Zabel Environmental Technologies
James Tyson, Flow Divider Company
Lori Watts, Affordable Septic and Landscaping, Inc.

Session II - Installation and Inspection of Advanced Trench Designs and Treatment Units

Session Leader: Tom Konsler, Orange Co. Health Department

8:15 amWelcome and Overview of Training Center
Dr. Jon Ort, Director, NC Cooperative Extension Service
Linda Sewall, Director, Division of Environmental Health, NCDENR
8:30 amLow Flow Water Conservation Fixture Demonstration
  • 5.5 and 3.5 gallon flush toilets
  • 1.6 gallon flush toilets
  • air-assisted toilets
  • incinerating toilets
  • composting toilets
9:00 amSoil and Topographic Influences on Installation
  • Soil as the treatment unit
  • Effect of soil layers (soil horizons)
  • Effect of soil variability on installation
  • System layout and installation on uneven topography
9:30 amInstallation and Inspection of Gravelles Trench Modifications
  • Chamber trenches
  • Styrene-foam trenches
  • Panel block trenches
  • Large diameter pipe trenches
10:45 amInstallation and Inspection of Advanced Treatment Units
  • Aerobic treatment units
  • Peat biofileters
  • Pressure-dosed sand filters
12:00 noonAdjourn for lunch (provided)

Repeat Session II in the afternoon at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 3:15, and adjourn at 4:30.

Instructors:

Andy Adams, On-Site Wastewater Section, NCDENR
Terry Blalock, Infiltrator Systems, Inc.
Robert Crissman, Bord na Mona, Inc.
Tom Konsler, Orange Co. Health Department
Tim Johnson, T&J Panel, Inc.
Tom Krakauska, Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Inc.
Fred Smith, On-Site Wastewater Section, NCDENR
Noble Summersill, Hancor, Inc.
Sam Robertson, EEE ZZZ Lay Drain Co., Inc.

Session III - Installation and Inspection of Dosing Systems Including Pressure Distribution

Session Leader: Jack Moore, Iredell Co. Health Department

8:15 amWelcom and Overview of Training Center
Dr. Jon Ort, Director, NC Cooperative Extension Service
Linda Sewall, Director, Division of Environmental Health, NCDENR
8:30 amInstallaiton and Inspection of Dosing Tanks
  • Watertight testing
  • Pump and float tree setup
  • Siphon setup and operation
  • Screened pump vaults
  • Control panel setup and testing
  • Duplex pump stations
9:30 amInstallation and Inspection of Pressure Manifolds
  • Pressure manifold options
  • Aboveground pressure manifold demonstration
10:00 amInstallation and Inspection of Low Pressure Pipe Systems
  • Aboveground low pressure pipe system demonstration
  • In-ground low pressure-pipe system inspection
    * determination of dosing volume
    * measurement of pressure head
    * calculation of pump delivery rate
11:00Installaiton and Inspection of Drip Irrigation Systems
  • Control system setup and testing
  • Pressure compensating emitter system
  • Non-pressure compensating emitter system
  • Vibratory plow demonstration
12:00 noon Adjourn for lunch (provided)
Repeat Session III in the afternoon at 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:30 and adjourn at 4:30

Instructors:

Tommy Carr, Davis Marketing
Jack Harman, Wastewater Systems of NC
Henry Johnson, Johnson and Company
Jack Moore, Iredell Co. Health Department
David Price, Geoflow, Inc.
George Pendergrass, Catawba Co. Health Department

Please address any questions to Dr. David Lindbo.

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