13th Northwest On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Short Course and Equipment Exhibition
September 19-20, 2005 · University of Washington, Seattle
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2005 Schedule of Presentations

Monday, September 19, 2005
Time Name Affiliation Title
8:45 George Tchobanoglous University of California, Davis Challenges for Wastewater Management in the 21st Century:  The Future of Onsite Wastewater Management
9:30 Dave Lenning Alternatives Northwest Onsite Management - Back to the Future
10:00 Rick Phalunus National Environmental Services Center 10 Steps for the Future of Onsite Systems
11:00 Steve Hinkle US Geological Survey Aquifer-Scale Nitrate Transport of Septic-Tank-Derived Nitrogen in a Sandy Aquifer near La Pine, Oregon
11:30 Tom Groves New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Variability and Reliability of Test Center and Field Data: Definition of Proven Technology from a Regulatory Viewpoint
1:00 Terry Hull Puget Sound Action Team Solving Hood Canal's Low Oxygen Problem, the Onsite System Factor
1:30 Andrew Maupin Dept of Environmental Quality - Idaho Nitrate in Ground Water; Sources and Onsite Wastewater Remediation Effort
2:00 H. David Stensel University of Washington  - Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fundamentals of Nitrogen Removal Processes
2:30 Stewart M. Oakley Chico State University Design and Operation Issues for Onsite Nitrogen Removal
3:30 Barbara Rich Deschutes County Environmental Health Division Experiences with Denitrifying Onsite Systems in the La Pine Area of Central Oregon
4:00 George Heufelder Barnstable County Dept of Health and the Environment Buzzards Bay Technologies on Nitrogen Reduction
4:30 Reception in Exhibitor Hall
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
8:30 Richard Otis Ayres and Associates Can We Make Performance Affordable?: Another Management Challenge!
9:00 Bill Stuth, Sr Aqua Test, Inc A Performance Based Repair for a Prescriptive Based Failure – A Case Study
9:30 James Converse University of Wiscosin Nitrogen Removal and the Performance Factors in Recirculating Sand Filters
10:30 Bob Bucher King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Membrane Bioreactors in Municipal Wastewater Treatment
11:00 Edward Clerico Alliance Environmental LLC A Utility Approach to Decentralized Wastewater Management
11:30 Craig Woolard University of Alaska, Anchorage Sequencing Batch Reactor Applications for Small Systems
1:00 James Converse University of Wiscosin Field Performance of Aeration Units Receiving Domestic Wastewater
1:30 José Amador University of Rhode Island - Lab of Soil Ecology and Microbiology Aeration to improve the water quality and hydraulic functions septic system leachfields
2:00 Charles Gerba Unversity of Arizona Graywater Quality, Treatment and the Development of Standards for Use
3:00 Aziz Amoozegar North Carolina State University Irrigating with Graywater:  Impact on Soils and Ornamental Plants
3:30 Robert Rubin North Carolina State University Drip Dispersal Systems from the Big to the Small:  Design Considerations for Drip Dispersal Wastewater Management Systems
4:00 Matt Lee Aqua Test Inc. The Value of Grab Sampling for Onsite Systems

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