Liquid Waste (Septic Tank) Program

Reference Materials

• The Real Poop on Septic Tanks (NMED PowerPoint slide show, 1.83 MB)

Septic System Information (National Small Flows Clearinghouse, NSFC)

• So...Now You Own a Septic System (NSFC brochure, Adobe pdf, 174 KB)
  

• The Care and Feeding of Your Septic System (NSFC brochure, Adobe pdf, 102 KB)
  

• Ground Water Protection and Your Septic System (NSFC brochure, Adobe pdf, 219 K

Principles and Design of Onsite Waste Disposal with Septic Systems (U.S. EPA downloadable program, 1.0 KB zipfile)

Onsite Sewage Management in New Mexico, 2006 Report

Ground-Water Impacts from On-Site Septic Systems (Adobe pdf, 346 KB)

• Hydrogeologic Analysis of On-Site Septic System Lot Size (Adobe pdf, 191 KB)

• Ground-Water Contamination by Septic Tank Effluents (Adobe pdf, 81.5 kB) by Dennis McQuillan, abstract of presentation for the Annual New Mexico Water Conference.

• Ground-Water Quality in Corrales - Interim Progress Report (Adobe pdf, 1050 kB).  Slide Show (Adobe pdf, 2905 kB).

• Groundwater Quality in Lincoln County (Adobe pdf, 1061 KB)

 

Rio Hondo Watershed TMDL Overview Report (Adobe pdf, 1086 KB)

• Construction Industries Division (information on how to hire a licensed contractor to install a liquid waste system)

• U.S. EPA Septic Systems Information (downloadable guidebooks and other information)

• New Mexico Rural Water Association (provides training and technical assistance to rural water and wastewater utilities throughout New Mexico, and represents the legislative and regulatory interests of its members)

• Professional Onsite Wastewater Reuse Association of New Mexico (brings onsite wastewater reuse people in New Mexico into contact with resources, opportunities and information)

New Mexico Onsite Wastewater Association (Mission Statement: Have an active participation in protecting the groundwater of New Mexico by furthering the onsite industry through collaboration and education:   of government, manufacturing, installer and consumers.)

• National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) (provides leadership and promotes the onsite wastewater treatment and recycling industry through education, training, communication and quality tools to support excellence in performance); 2004 NOWRA Conference, November 7-10, 2004, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Return Flow to Groundwater from Onsite Wastewater Systems, Dennis McQuillan and Eugene Bassett

The Liquid Waste Program issued a Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Report that summarized the status of the program, financial information, program performance and the direction of the program.