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Water Resources Center
University of Minnesota Extension
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Onsite Sewage Treatment Program
Water Resources Center
173 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
612-625-9797
septic@umn.edu

FAQ's

What information are you looking for? Follow the links below to find the answers to your questions. These links can help you get started, or help you along the way if your community has already begun. Follow the links to the left for additional resources, or contact one of us.

• What programs are available to assist our community with this process?
  
• How do we get started?
  
• What are the steps to success?
  The Five Phases of the Community Process
  
• What are the steps involved in a community decision-making process?
  Facilitation Resources, Volume 5. Making Group Decisions
  
• How do we share the committee’s thoughts and ideas with the community and get involvement?
  
• How do we create awareness of our situation?
  
• Are there articles, publications, other resources we can use with our community?
  
• How do we develop a task force or community leadership group?
  Small Community Series: Task Force Worksheet , pdf
  
• How do we develop leadership?
  Leadership for the Common Good Field Book
  
• Where is a guide on how we conduct meetings?
  Basic Parliamentary Procedure for Town Board Meetings (from the Minnesota Association of Townships)
  
• How do we do a community assessment?
  
• How do we conduct site assessments?, Powerpoint presentation
  
• What are our choices for individual or cluster systems?
  
• What are some options for treatment technologies?
  
• What are the funding options?
  
• How do we find some options for funding?
  
• What suggestions do you have for working with professionals?
  
• How do we find an engineer?
  
• How do we do Requests for Proposals or Requests for Qualifications?
  
• What community (legal) structures could we consider for management of our systems?

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