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Onsite Wastewater of Northwest MichiganWater To Waste Section Sixteen: Onsite Wastewater Extends Our Gratitude to our sponsors without whom this education initiative could not have taken place
Links to more information.
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
Community Foundation For Oceana County
Where To Go For More Information
Water & Wastewater Resources
Many resources are available on the web and through your local public library.
A word of caution: water and wastewater technology is developing rapidly as the need becomes urgent to provide for our future needs. When doing an internet search, or reviewing materials, look at the date. Although there are bedrock studies and premier research that will stand the test of time, look for information published within the past 10 years. Old biases and outdated assumptions die hard.
- University of Minnesota: http://septic.umn.edu
This site has excellent information for homeowners, local governemnt, and industry- National Demonstration Capacity Program: http://www.ndwrcdp.org/
Take a look at the latest demonstration projects and community case studies.- Water Environment Research Foundation: http://www.werf.org/distributedwater/
Take a look at the latest demonstration projects and community case studies.- National Onsite Wastewater Recyclers Assoc.: www.nowra.org All recent Conference papers are now available online. These include watershed management, small community systems, advanced system technologies. And Water For All Life: www.waterforalllife.org
- Water Environment Federation: www.wef.org Each Fall this organization hosts WEFTEC, the biggest such gathering of water and wastewater providers.
WaterIsLife: And Infrastructure Makes It Happen. Liquid Assetts web Site- USEPA: Onsite Wastewater Portal: http://cfpub.epa.gov/owm/septic/
- Sustainable Infrastructure For Water And Wastewater: www.epa.gov/waterinfrastructure/
- Smart Energy Resources Guide: Pub# 600-R-08-049 at epa.gov/nrmrl/
- Water: www.epa.gov/water epa.gov/ppcp/ epa.gov/enviro/wme
- WaterSense Program
- EPA Tech Direct: http://cluin.org
- The Human Footprint: www.NationalGeographic.com
- National Public Radio ~ Climate Portal: www.npr/climate/
- National Environmental Services Center: Small Flows Clearinghouse: www.nesc.wvu.edu
An absolute gold mine of everything you could possibly want to know about small community options. (Also alternative cleaning products.)- American Water Works Association: www.awwa.org
- Rural Community Assistance Program: www.rcap.org
- Onsite Installer Magazine. Back Issues are now searchable by subject: www.onsiteinstaller.com
Also Municipal Sewer And Water, Pumper and PRO, all by COLE Publishing: www.colepublishing.com- Forester Publications has searchable back issues of www.onsitewater.com , www.waterefficiency.net and www.distributedenergy.com
- National Assoc. of Waste Transporters has training programs and information resources: www.nawt.org
- National Environmental Health Association: www.neha.org
- Great Lakes Commission: www.glc.org/glinvestment/
- Michigan & Local Resources
Michigan GIS Data: www.rsgis.msu.edu
Michigan Soils Date: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments Population and Economic Data: www.nwm.cog.mi.us
The Grand Vision: www.thegrandvision.org
Benzie-Leelanau Health Dept: www.bldhd.org
Health Dept. of NW MI: www.nwhealth.org
Grand Traverse Co. HD: www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us
District Health Dept.#10: www.dhd10.org
- Resources For Educators:
AAWA Water Community For Kids: www.awwa.org
WEF.org/>About Water And Sanitation /ForEducators/ CurriculumMaterials/
EPA: www.epa.gov/kids
The Groundwater Foundation - Children's Groundwater Festival: www.groundwater.org
MI Junior Citizen Planner: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cplanner/jcp/jcp.htm
Water To Waste Section Two: Water / Energy Efficiency information and EPA WaterSense Program
Water To Waste Section Three: The inter-relationship between water use, wastewater, the water cycle and wastewater systems.
Water To Waste Section Four: Common sense information about how your wastewater system works
Water To Waste Section Five: Installation, siting, operation and maintenance.
Water To Waste Section Six And Seven: The many amazing things that end up in the waste stream and why we should be careful and concerned.
Water To Waste Section Eight and Nine: The state of our region - an attempt to survey wastewater systems.
Water To Waste Section Ten: The Case For Community Management
Water To Waste Section Eleven: Small community options, choices and solutions
Water To Waste Section Twelve: Understanding northwest Michigan geography and geology and how this relates to wastewater.
Water To Waste Section Thirteen: Information about different types of wastewater systems and case studies.
Water To Waste Section Fourteen: A terrible waste to waste - when there's money to be made and saved by innovation.
Water To Waste Section Fifteen: Who We Are and What We Do
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