Rules, Forms, & Other Aides for Soil & Site Evaluators
Onsite Wastewater
- Arizona Administrative Code for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems which is part of the Aquifer Protection Permit Program: Title 18. Environmental Quality, Chapter 9. Department of Environmental Quality - Water Pollution Control, Articles 1, 2, 3, 4:
- Paper copies
- Available through Secretary of State, Public Services Division, 1700 W. Washington Street, Floor 7, Phoenix, AZ 85007-2808
- Cost ~$14, current price list of all Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) Titles and Chapters is available online
- Order form
- Paper copies
- Standardized glossary of terms used in the onsite wastewater industry (developed by the Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
- Arizona Onsite Wastewater County Contact List (As of October 2024, let us know of any suggested updates)
ADEQ
- ADEQ Onsite Wastewater
- ADEQ Stakeholder Materials
- Screening-Level Analysis for Seepage Pit Location
- Uniform State of Arizona Site Investigation Report (ADEQ form GWS 423)
- The following courses have been recognized by ADEQ to meet the requirements of R18-9-A310(H)(4):
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(UA Soil & Site Evaluation, 2004-present)
- Dr. Jerry Tyler & Coconino County: summer 2005
- Arizona County Departments of Environmental Health Services Association (ACDEHSA): February 3, 2006
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Other
- Arizona Blue Stake
- Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils - USDA-NRCS
- Arizona Soils by David M. Hendricks. Tucson, AZ: College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, 1985. This electronic version copy was produced in February 2002 in part with grant funds provided by the Library Services and Technology Act.
- Sources of onsite wastewater treatment equipment and supplies to conduct inspections and soil & site evaluations, Pumper Magazine's list of Company/Equipment Directories:
UA Onsite Wastewater Education Program
- Site & Soil Evaluation Equipment Checklist, Sources of Tools
- Field Method for Determining the Percent by Volume of Gravel (Water Volume Displacement Method; not an ASTM method)
- Flow Chart for Determining Soil Texture by Feel Method (not an ASTM method)
- Wire Method of Soil Texturing (not an ASTM method)
- Maintaining Your NAWT Certification