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Region 9
Contacts for Region 9
Septic Systems
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Elizabeth Janes
US EPA, Region 09
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: (415) 972-3537
Email: janes.elizabeth@epa.gov
Links for Region 9
Other Organizations
- Seepage Pits May Endanger Ground Water Quality [PDF] - In 1999 EPA promulgated regulations prohibiting
the use of cesspools for the disposal of sewage from multifamily dwellings and any other buildings where
cesspool capacity was for 20 or more persons per day, such as schools, hospitals and manufacturing
facilities (EPA 909-F-01-001). Published: 2001
Training Centers
- Arizona Onsite Wastewater Education Program and Training Facility
- Northern Arizona University Onsite Wastewater Demonstration Project
American Samoa
Contacts for American Samoa
Septic Systems
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Elizabeth Janes
US EPA, Region 09
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: (415) 972-3537
Email: janes.elizabeth@epa.gov
Arizona
Contacts for Arizona
Septic Systems
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Agyare Kwame
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
1110 W Washington St
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 771-4664
Fax: (602) 771-4634
Email: ka2@azdeq.gov
Links for Arizona
State and Tribal Programs
Training Centers
California
Contacts for California
Septic Systems
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Todd Thompson, P.E.
California State Water Resources Control Board
PO Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95812-0100
Phone: (916) 341-5518
Fax: (916) 341-5463
Email: tthompson@waterboards.ca.gov
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Kim Ward
Environmental Scientist
California State Water Resources Control Board / Division of Water Quality
1001 I St
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 341-5586
Fax: (916) 341-5463
Email: wardk@waterboards.ca.gov
Links for California
Funding Sources
Training Centers
Demonstration Projects for California
- Title: California, Eastern San Francisco: Alternative Technologies, California
Description: This project is funded under a Water Quality Cooperative Agreement and was designed to evaluate sewer mining (see Mobile, AL) using decentralized alternative technologies to relieve the overloaded sewers of San Francisco and avoid its costly expansion.
Contact: Wendy Iwata
City and County of San Francisco, Public Utilities Commission
(415) 558-4022
- Title: California, Paradise: Management Program, California
Description: By creating of an onsite management zone, the town required operating permits for all new and existing systems; adopted design criteria, including special regulations for large systems and innovative systems; set up variance and enforcement procedures; and established a surface water monitoring program. Paradise also established a program for initial and periodic operational evaluation of all onsite systems by private evaluators.
Contact: "National Small Flows Clearinghouse
(800) 624-8301
Wes Greenwood
Butte County Health Department
(916) 872-6293."For More Information: http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/nodp/nodp_index.htm
- Title: California, WAWTTAR: Cost-estimating Program, California
Description: This project produced a tool to assist with planning and implementing water and wastewater treatment systems, including treatment systems incorporating wastewater effluent reuse. The cost-estimating program was designed to be used at the pre-feasibility step in facility planning or infrastructure investment. The program has an extensive database of water and wastewater alternative technologies and treatment processes (more than 200 and user expandable), onsite or decentralized waste and wastewater treatment processes and collection systems.
Contact: Brad Finny
Humboldt University
(707) 826- 3918For More Information: http://firehole.humboldt.edu/wawttar/wawttar.html
- Title: California: Model Code, California
Description: This project is funded under a Water Quality Cooperative Agreement and will promote the adoption and implementation of a statewide onsite or decentralized wastewater management program in California. This will be accomplished by developing a model Memorandum of Understanding between local and state agencies, preparing guidelines and funding options for local sanitary surveys, and establishing of a California onsite or decentralized systems Web site.
Contact: Justin Malan
CA Association of Environmental Health Administrators
(916) 944-7315
Guam
Contacts for Guam
Septic Systems
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Elizabeth Janes
US EPA, Region 09
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: (415) 972-3537
Email: janes.elizabeth@epa.gov
Hawaii
Contacts for Hawaii
Septic Systems
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Tom See
Hawaii Department of Health / Wastewater Branch / Environmental Management Division
919 Ala Moana Blvd
Rm 309
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 586-4294
Fax: (808) 586-4300
Email: tom.see@doh.hawaii.gov
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Harold K. Yee
Hawaii Department of Health / Wastewater Branch / Environmental Management Division
919 Ala Moana Blvd
Rm 309
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 586-4294
Fax: (808) 586-4300
Email: harold.yee@doh.hawaii.gov
Nevada
Contacts for Nevada
Septic Systems
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Alexi Lanza
Nevada Department of Environmental Protection
901 S Stewart St
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 687-9468
Email: alanza@ndep.nv.gov
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Joe Pollock
State of Nevada Department of Human Resources / Bureau of Health Protection Services
1179 Fairview Dr
Suite 104
Carson City, NV 89710-5405
Phone: (775) 687-4750 x226
Fax: (775) 687-5751
Email: jpollock@nvdh.state.nv.us
Northern Mariana Islands
Contacts for Northern Mariana Islands
Septic Systems
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Elizabeth Janes
US EPA, Region 09
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: (415) 972-3537
Email: janes.elizabeth@epa.gov
Trust Territories
Contacts for Trust Territories
Septic Systems
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Elizabeth Janes
US EPA, Region 09
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: (415) 972-3537
Email: janes.elizabeth@epa.gov