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| Title | Organisation | Type | Headline | Date Uploaded |
| 2004 ASAE Onsite Conference X in Sacramento, 21-24 March 2004. | American Society of Agricultural Engineers | Report Website |
One of the two major US conferences that take place on domestic wastewater, including both latest onsite management approaches and technical research. | 22-04-2005 |
| Aspects of design, structure, performance and operation of reed beds eight years experience in north eastern New South Wales, Australia | Centre for Ecotechnology, Southern Cross University | Report Research |
Practical experience with reed beds (constructed wetlands) as a secondary effluent treatment option: why use them, practical experience and advice regarding design and performance and lessons learnt. | 25-03-2005 |
| Biowater decentralised wastewater management for a small community in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Redland Water and Waste | Publication Report Research |
Research conducted on a pilot-scale decentralised wastewater management system on Macleay Island that involves primary treatment at 20 residences, collection of the secondary effluent and re-use on a nearby golf course using sub-surface irrigation. | 20-04-2005 |
| Byron Council onsite sewage management design model | Byron Shire Council | Model Management Tool |
An adjunct to Byron Council's Management Design Guidelines. This computer model has been developed to assist in estimating size for effluent application fields, based on expected loads, proposed treatment methods and the local site and soil characteristic | 30-03-2005 |
| Centralised Management: The Key to Successful On-site and Decentralised Sewerage Service | Research |
Centralised Management: the Key to Successful On-site and Decentralised Sewerage Service | 24-07-2006 | |
| Design guidelines for onsite sewage management for single households | Byron Shire Council | Guidelines |
Best practice guidelines from Byron Shire interpretation of relevant state and federal guidelines. Offers detailed guidance to plan selection, design, installation, operation &maintenance of onsite sewage management systems for single households. | 30-03-2005 |
| Effluent quality from 200 onsite sewage systems: design values for guidelines | Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality & Treatment, UNSW and Sydney Catchment Authority | Research |
This paper proposes that increasing effluent quality design guidelines can substantially reduce the currently poor performance and high failure rate of onsite septic systems. | 19-04-2005 |
| Environment & health protection guidelines: onsite sewage management for single households - technical sheets | New South Wales Department of Local Government | Guidelines Publication |
Technical sheet series on the design, installation and management of onsite sewage management (based on both environmental and public health criteria). | 25-03-2005 |
| Environmental design guide: domestic wastewater treatment and re-use | The Royal Australian Institute of Architects | Publication |
Describes typical quantities and pollutant loads of wastewater generated by domestic households and outlines some of the treatment, disposal and re-use options available. | 18-04-2005 |
| Evaluating application of a decision support sys inidentifying adequate wastewater treatment for small communities. A case study:the Fluvia Bas | Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona | Report Research |
A case study that used a decision support tool to the aid decision making process for choosing appropriate systems for a small community in Spain. | 27-04-2005 |
| Evaluating the options: pumpout, common effluent drainage and centralised treatment for high risk unsewered townships in the Hornsby Shire | Life Cycle Design | Case Study Report |
This case study, set in Berowra, NSW aims to inform similar studies of high-risk unsewered areas, of the process of performing an environmental and social assessment of centralised and onsite wastewater systems over their whole life cycle. | 22-03-2005 |
| Frankston City Council ‘Encounter’: Geographic Information System (GIS) | Frankston City Council, Environmental Health Section | Case Study |
To enable better planning and management of domestic wastewater, Frankston Cuty Council use a Geographic Information System ‘Encounter’ to map the location of septic systems in their local government area on a site by site by site basis. | 15-04-2005 |
| Greywater Project Reducing the barriers | Alternative Technology Association | Presentation |
This is a community focused project to explore greywater system practice and use from a social perspective |
20-04-2005 |
| Land Capability Assessment for Waste Water Disposal | Mitchell | Guidelines |
A two-sided A4 leaflet aimed at septic tank owners and users to explain the importance of the Land Capability Assessment, with brief recommendations for how this should be reported to council. | 27-04-2005 |
| Lanfax Laboratories website | Lanfax Laboratories | Website |
Lanfax Laboratories is an independent commercial and research organisation in soil, water and wastewater analysis. The website provides information about the onsite conference series and the services Lanfax offers. | 11-03-2005 |
| Martens and Associates website | Martens and Associates Pty Ltd | Website |
This website provides access to several publications (completed in-house or in the public domain) that Martens and Associates makes available. | 08-04-2005 |
| National decentralized water resources capacity development project (NDWRCDP) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Presentation Publication Website |
The NDWRCDP website contains publications from its funded projects that aim to improve understanding of and strengthen the foundations of training and practice in the field of onsite and decentralised wastewater treatment. | 03-04-2005 |
| National Small Flows Clearinghouse Website | National Small Flows Clearinghouse (NSFC) | Website |
A US website containing a wealth of information about onsite and decentralised systems, including the performance of various technologies and the US state regulations. | 27-04-2005 |
| New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission | New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEI-WPCC) | Publication Website |
The website of this US non-profit agency contains numerous links to priority research and training areas, publications and findings of workgroups within the field of onsite wastewater in the USA. | 03-04-2005 |
| NOWRA (US) 13th Technical Education Conference nad Exposition in Albuquerque, Nov 2004 | National Onsite Wastewater and Recycling Association (NOWRA) | Research |
This US conference presents the latest technology, research and practices to improve and protect groundwater. It includes many useful papers on technical advances, planning and management of onsite systems. | 27-04-2005 |
| On-site ‘01 Advancing On-site Wastewater Systems: design and maintenance | Lanfax Laboratories | This conference was the second biannual Australian onsite conference. It focused on design of systems based on the new AS/NZS 1547:2000 guidelines, and effective maintenance procedures. | 19-04-2005 | |
| Onsite '03: Future Directions for Onsite Systems: Best management Practice | Lanfax Laboratories | Research |
This conference was the third biannual Australian conferences for researchers and professionals including regulators and manufacturers and focuses on best practice management. | 19-04-2005 |
| Onsite '99 Conference: making onsite wastewater systems work | Lanfax Laboratories | Research |
This conference was the first in a series of biannual Australian conferences for researchers and professionals including regulators and manufacturers working in the field of onsite wastewater systems design and management. | 08-04-2005 |
| Onsite planner: a computer model for designing onsite systems | Martens and Associates Pty Ltd | Model Management Tool |
On-site Planner 2.0 is a Windows-based PC application designed to assist with selecting suitable onsite wastewater treatment systems such as septic tanks and sand filters, and to assess and size effluent re-use areas. | 08-04-2005 |
| On-site sewage management course | National Environment Centre Thurgoona -(near Albury-Wodonga) | Case Study Demonstration Guidelines Presentation Publication |
Course in On-site sewage management. A three day intense course aimed at people who need understanding of the ienvironmental impacts, public health concerns and the variety of 'workings' of on-site sewage systems
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22-08-2006 |
| Onsite Sewage Management Strategy | Lismore City Council | Report |
A comprehensive management strategy written to provide guidance for owners, applicants, installers, consultants and developers on all aspects of on-site sewage and wastewater management systems, from planning through to implementation and maintenance, wit | 22-04-2005 |
| Performance monitoring of a low cost alternative onsite effluent treatment system | The University of Newcastle | Case Study Report |
Performance of a simple, domestic, intermittent sand filter with a layer of zeolite was monitored and evaluated for the filter’s ability to reduce concentrations of a number of pollutants in septic tank effluent . | 19-04-2005 |
| Proceedings from first international conference on onsite wastewater treatment and recycling | International Water Association | Research |
Wide-ranging conference papers reporting advances in technology, management , approaches to recycling, sustainability & associated legislative and policy frameworks. (Also called 6th Specialist Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems). | 29-03-2005 |
| Queensland onsite wastewater treatment symposium: a practitioner's forum, 2002 | Institute for Sustainable Living, Queensland University of Technology | Publication |
The inaugural symposium, designed to provide a forum for Queensland-based practitioners in onsite treatment to exchange best practices for planning, design and management of onsite wastewater. | 31-03-2005 |
| Selection and implementation guidelines- Wastewater servicing for single houses and small communities in rural areas | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland | Guidelines |
These guidelines, prepared for the Housing New Zealand Corporation, are a series of flowcharts and checklists to aid selection of the best practicable wastewater option for a small community. | 19-04-2005 |
| Septic Safe Environmental and Health Guidelines | Department of Local Government, NSW | Guidelines |
These guidelines cover regulations, on-site sewage management strategies, operational strategies, site evaluation procedures, technological options for treatment and land applications systems, and selection of a management system. | 20-04-2005 |
| Sizing effluent disposal fields: balancing water and nutrients | Martens & Associates Pty Ltd | This technical data sheet presents a simple method for balancing water and nutrients so that optimal field size for local environmental conditions can be determined. | 25-03-2005 | |
| Sustainable Wastewater Management: A handbook for smaller communities | NZ Ministry for the Environment | Case Study Publication |
Sustainable Wastewater Management: A handbook for smaller communities, provides a framework to assist small communities (or other parties) identify and evaluate alternatives for improving sewage treatment and disposal. The aim of the handbook is to help c | 27-04-2005 |
| Technical Sheets from the Septic Safe Project | Dept of Local Government NSW | Publication Website |
In compliment to the guidelines produced by the Septic Safe Program (Environment & Health Protection GuidelinesOn-site Sewage Management for Single Households) this set of Technical Sheets were prepared to represent 'state of the art' information rela | 27-04-2005 |
| The effect of nitrogen loading on on-site system design: a model for determining land application area size | Lismore City Council | Presentation |
This presentation provides background and explanation to the model developed and used in the Lismore and Byron sewage management strategies. | 27-04-2005 |
| The Use of Reed Beds for the Treatment of Sewage & Wastewater from Domestic Households | Lismore City Council | Report |
This document is intended as a community education document (though it provides quite detailed information). It gives thorough explanation of reed beds and their application as an innovative secondary treatment system in place of other technologies such a | 22-04-2005 |
| Trialing Innovative and Sustainable Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems | Brighton Council, Tasmania | Case Study Publication |
The trial of five different types of septic systems are documented as possible innovative treatment methods. | 27-04-2005 |
| Victorian Environment Protection Agency website | Victorian Environment Protection Agency | Website |
This website provides information primarily aimed at local government, but also useful for owners of septic systems, or plumbers. It focuses broadly on onsite waste water systems, greywater reuse and land capability assessment. | 27-04-2005 |