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Manual for Septic System Professionals in Minnesota (.pdf)

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The University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program received partial funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to update its Professional Workshop Manual to coincide with significant Administrative Rule revisions effective 02/04/2008. The following Second Edition incorporates changes to state rule effective 03/14/2011. This considerable revision could not have been completed without the help of many contributors, namely the Manual Revision Committee. This committee was composed of members of the onsite sewage treatment industry, representing professional organizations, private industry professionals, and government regulators from the local and state level.

This publication was produced by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center’s Onsite Sewage Treatment Program team in partnership with University of Minnesota Extension.

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Contributors

Authors: Onsite Sewage Treatment Program Staff
Project Management: Nicholas Haig, Onsite Sewage Treatment Program
Design: Shawn Welch, University of Minnesota Printing Services; Ben Gunderson, Gleason Printing Inc.
Illustrations: The Carney Group
Printing: Gleason Printing Inc.

Please use the following reference when citing this document:
Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, University of Minnesota. 2011. Manual for Septic System Professionals in Minnesota, 2nd Ed. St. Paul, MN.

© 2011 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.

Individual Sections

Table of Contents (.pdf)

Section 1: Introduction (.pdf)

Section 2: Administration (.pdf)

Section 3: Sewage Treatment Utilizing Soil (.pdf)

Section 4: Site Evaluation (.pdf)

Section 5: Wastewater Sources and Flow (.pdf)

Section 6: Plumbing and Collection (.pdf)

Section 7: Septic Tanks (.pdf)

Section 8: Tank Management and Land Application (.pdf)

Section 9: Pumping Systems (.pdf)

Section 10: Pretreatment (.pdf)

Section 11: Distribution of Effluent (.pdf)

Section 12: Soil Treatment Systems (.pdf)

Section 13: Forms and Reference (.pdf)

Section 14: Detailed Directory (.pdf)