Liquid Waste (Septic Tank) Program
Training Schedule

The Environmental Health Division Field Offices offer training on various liquid waste topics, including installation of septic systems, liquid waste regulations, groundwater pollution and health risks related to onsite liquid waste systems and more.  Below is a schedule of those events, locations, and who to contact for information.

Training Day Time Office Remarks Contact
District I:          
Homeowner Installs Fridays   Albuquerque   Steve Walker
Open to requests 3rd Thurs   Albuquerque As needed Steve Walker
District II:          
Homeowner Installs Upon request   Santa Fe Call to schedule, 827-1840 Jim Vincent
District III: Upon request   Roswell 1914 W. 2nd St., Roswell (575) 624-6046 John Wells
Open to requests     Roswell As needed John Wells

We offer the following training upon request

Title:
The Real Poop on Septic Systems
Wastewater Treatment Basics
Liquid Waste Program History
Liquid Waste Regulation Overview
Liquid Waste Permitting Process
Site Evaluation
Liquid Waste Variances
Liquid Waste Guidance and Policy
Drainfields
Advanced Onsite Wastewater Treatment
Wetlands and Evapotranspiration (ET) Systems
Gray Water Rules and Systems
Onsite Cluster Systems
Liquid Waste Database
Environmental GIS
Effluent Sampling
HACH Kits
Basic Hydrology and Geochemistry
Methamphetamine Labs

Links to conference websites and documents related to onsite wastewater:

State Onsite Regulators Conference (SORA) conference http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/nesc/sora/index.html

Annual National Onsite Wastewater Reuse Association (NOWRA) conference http://www.nowra.org/annual_conference.html

NOWRA-EPA model code workshops http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/nesc/sora/workshop.html

 

Contact the NMED Liquid Waste Program if you have any questions!
This page was last updated October 27, 2008
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