![]() The 2021 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference took place in San Marcos, Texas at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center. ![]() On October 17-21 of last year NOWRA held it’s first in-person conference since 2019. ![]() I began my onsite wastewater career while working as an apprentice at O’Keefe Associates, a civil engineering firm in Belchertown, MA. There, I learned all aspects of site engineering, including surveying, soil and perc testing and septic and wetlands plan development. In addition to designing and drafting those onsite sub-surface sewage disposal plans, I learned the fine art of presenting those plans to local Boards of Health. This was my initiation to the state regulations commonly known as “Title 5” the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s “Minimum Standards for the Design and Installation of Sub-surface Sewage Disposal Systems.” Some of those initial presentations ignited in me a keen interest to both navigate the intricacies of the code as well as to uphold basic environmental protective concepts. I eventually bought the engineering business and continued designing plans as a Registered Sanitarian under the name ‘Site Design Associates.’ Working out in the field, with excavators installing on-site sewage systems, was an invaluable learning experience. ![]()
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