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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
  • 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 November 2022, 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):
      • UA Soil & Site Evaluation for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems: 2005 - present, List of Eligible Soil & Site Evaluators
      • Dr. Jerry Tyler & Coconino County: summer 2005
      • Arizona County Departments of Environmental Health Services Association (ACDEHSA): February 3, 2006

 

  • 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

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