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All those who install, design, inspect or perform maintenance on onsite systems in Minnesota must work under a business license.

SSTS Professionals

All those who install, design, inspect or perform maintenance on onsite systems in Minnesota must work under a business license.

There is an extensive education and experience requirement to acquire and maintain professional certification:
Questions and Answers about SSTS Certification

Training, Certification, and Licensing

OSTP Workshop Schedule and Online Enrollment

MPCA SSTS Licensing, Individual Certification, and Enforcement

  • MPCA SSTS Licensed Business Search Tool
  • MPCA SSTS Certified Individual Search Tool

MPCA Wastewater Operator Certification

Type IV or Type V Certification for Land Application of Biosolid
 

Questions or Comments?

Please feel free to contact University of Minnesota or MPCA staff with questions or comments you have about the SSTS Program. 

  • Advanced Designer and Inspector Resources
  • Commercial and Cluster Systems
  • Finishing Septic Systems
  • Forms and Worksheets
  • H20&M
  • Minnesota Registered SSTS Treatment and Distribution Media Products - Manufacturer's Manuals
  • Operation, Maintenance and Management
  • SSTS Certification & Licensing FAQs
  • SSTS Local Units of Government Contacts
  • SSTS Regulations
  • Soils for SSTS Professionals
  • Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS) Advisory Committee (AC)
  • Technical Septic System Options

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800-322-8642 | septic@umn.edu

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