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Region 1
Contacts for Region 1
Septic Systems
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Robert Adler
Region 1 Septic System Technologies
US EPA, Region 01
1 Congress St, Suite 1100
Boston, MA 02114-2023
Phone: (617) 918-1396
Email: adler.robert@epa.gov
Links for Region 1
Funding Sources
- Catskill Watershed Corporation Septic System Rehabilitation and Replacement Program - The 1997 New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
allocated $13.6 million for residential septic system repair and replacement
in the West-of-Hudson Watershed through 2002. In November, 2002, the US EPA
granted a five-year extension of the City's Filtration Avoidance
Determination, an agreement that extends funding for the Septic Program to
accommodate 300 systems per year for another five years.
Regional Offices
- Region 1 Virtual Wastewater Trade Show - EPA, Region 1 developed this web site, which provides information on onsite technologies & regulations.
Training Centers
Connecticut
Contacts for Connecticut
Septic Systems
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Amanda Crovo
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Ave, MS #51 SEW
PO Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: (860) 509-7296
Fax: (860) 509-7295
Email: amanda.corvo@po.state.ct.us
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Robert W. Scully
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Ave, MS #51 SEW
PO Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: (860) 509-7296
Fax: (860) 509-7295
Email: robert.scully@po.state.ct.us
Links for Connecticut
State and Tribal Programs
Maine
Contacts for Maine
Septic Systems
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Russell G. Martin
Program Director
Maine Department of Health & Human Services
11 State House Station, 286 Water St
Augusta, ME 04333-0010
Phone: (207) 287-4735
Fax: (207) 287-3165
Email: Russell.Martin@Maine.gov
Links for Maine
Funding Sources
State and Tribal Programs
Massachusetts
Contacts for Massachusetts
Septic Systems
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David Ferris
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter St
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 654-6514
Fax: (617) 292-5696
Email: david.ferris@state.ma.us
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Claire Golden
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
205 B Lowell St
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone: (976) 694-3244
Fax: (976) 694-3499
Email: Claire.golden@state.ma.us
Links for Massachusetts
Funding Sources
Other Organizations
- Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center - The mission of the Test Center is to evaluate the performance
and operation costs of new and innovative wastewater disposal technologies,
provide this information to regulators and consumers, and assist vendors in
getting their technologies approved for use in Massachusetts.
Demonstration Projects for Massachusetts
- Title: Massachusetts, North Gloucester: Alternative Technologies, Massachusetts
Description: Four alternative technologies were installed, including foam biofilters, recirculating trickling filters, intermittent sand filters, and disposal by pressure-dosed sand-lined trench, shallow trench, and shallow gravelless trench.
Contact: National Small Flows Clearinghouse
(800) 624-8301
- Title: Massachusetts, Waquoit Bay: Risk Assessment, Massachusetts
Description: A watershed ecological risk assessment of Waquoit Bay, on the south coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was performed for watershed managers to better understand the environmental impacts of human activities. A nitrogen loading model was used to estimate the amount and sources of nitrogen entering the watershed, and an estuarine loading model was used to estimate the nitrogen available for nuisance algae growth in shallow estuaries.
Contact: Patti Tyler
US EPA New England
60 Westview Street
Lexington, MA 02173
(617) 860-4342For More Information: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35390/cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm-deid=15221.htm
New Hampshire
Contacts for New Hampshire
Septic Systems
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Barry Lehneman
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
PO Box 95
29 Hazen Dr
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-3711
Fax: (603) 271-6683
Email: blehneman@des.state.nh.us
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Mitch Locker
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
PO Box 95
29 Hazen Dr
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2858
Fax: (603) 2710656
Email: mlocker@des.state.nh.us
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Robert Tardif
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
PO Box 95
29 Hazen Dr
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2904
Fax: (603) 271-6683
Email: robert.tardif@des.nh.gov
Links for New Hampshire
State and Tribal Programs
Rhode Island
Contacts for Rhode Island
Septic Systems
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Deb Knauss
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-4700 x7612
Fax: (401) 222-3564
Email: dknauss@dem.ri.gov
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Ernie Panciera
Principal Environmental Scientist
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-4700 x7612
Fax: (401) 222-3564
Email: epancier@dem.ri.gov
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Jonathan Zwarg
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-4700
Fax: (401) 222-3564
Email: jonathan.zwarg@dem.ri.gov
Links for Rhode Island
Publications by Other Organizations
- Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Septic System Fact Sheets - Provides fact sheets developed by the Rhode Island Cooperative Extension, Home*A*Syst program. The fact sheets include maintaining your septic system, septic system additives, how to order and buy a septic tank, and how to hire a contractor for septic system installation or repair.
State and Tribal Programs
- Rhode Island, Rules and Regulations Establishing Minimum Standards Relating to Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Individual Sewage Disposal Systems [PDF]
- Rhode Island, Septic System Check Up: The Rhode Island Handbook for Inspection [PDF]
- University of Rhode Island Home *A* Syst
Training Centers
Demonstration Projects for Rhode Island
- Title: Rhode Island, Chepachet Village: Alternative Technologies, Rhode Island
Description: Five alternative technologies were installed as part of the Chepachet Village project. Two of the five demonstration systems are small systems of 600- to 660-gallons-per-day (gpd) design flow, serving buildings with ground floor retail and apartments above. Another system in the 600-gpd-design-flow range treats wastewater from an apartment building and cottage on one property. A fourth system is a small cluster treatment system with a design flow of 900 gpd serving three buildings on three different parcels. The largest of the five demonstration systems is a 2,700-gpd cluster treatment system serving a restaurant and a small commercial block with retail and office buildings.
Contact: Lorraine Joubert
(401) 874-2138
George Loomis
Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program
(401) 864-4558For More Information: http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/mtp/PDFs/chepachet_mar05.pdf
- Title: Rhode Island, Green Hill Pond and Block Island: GIS and Database, Rhode Island
Description: This project is a joint effort by three Rhode Island communities - New Shoreham, South Kingstown and Charlestown–in partnership with URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program. The goal is to establish comprehensive local wastewater management programs in each community using a watershed approach with selective use of advanced treatment systems in high risk areas to protect critical ground water supplies and sensitive coastal waters.
Contact: Lorraine Joubert
Department of Natural Resources, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Rhode Island
(401) 874-2138For More Information: http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/bighp.html
Vermont
Contacts for Vermont
Septic Systems
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
103 South Main St
Sewing Bldg
Waterbury, VT 05671-0405
Phone: (802) 241-3822
Fax: (802) 241-2596
Demonstration Projects for Vermont
- Title: Vermont, Warren: Alternative Technologies, Vermont
Description: This project involved monitoring existing alternative systems in Addison County, an action plan for establishing a management district for the town of Warren, education and technical assistance for the 21-village region in Windham area, implementing management program for the town of Jericho, model management plans developed by the State Housing Authority, and installing two alternative systems.
Contact: "National Small Flows Clearinghouse
(800) 624-8301
Peg Elmer
Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs
(802) 828-2928,"For More Information: http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/nodp/nodp_demoproject.htm
- Title: Vermont, Warren: Alternatives to Centralized Sewers, Vermont
Description: In this project, comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) was created to integrate available and new field assessment information. The decentralized wastewater needs assessment focused on maintaining existing suitable systems, identifying replacement system solutions as close to the wastewater generating property as possible, and establishing a community wastewater management program. The solutions chosen were a mix of upgraded onsite systems and cluster treatment systems of variable size, all managed by the community. Most of the efforts were related to convincing the citizens of the value of the decentralized alternative plan, when compared to no action and the centralized conventional plan originally proposed and identifying potential cluster treatment sites in this difficult project site location.
Contact: Mary K. Clark
Stone Environmental, Inc.
(802)496-2709For More Information: http://asae.frymulti.com/abstract.asp?aid=6082&t=2