WCOWMA-BC would like to thank Deon Kinee of Blockbuster Waste and Septic for arranging the use of the training sites in Prince George and for his help on the Site and Soil Evaluation Day.Onsite wastewater stakeholders have had the opportunity over the past few months to attend sessions in the Okanagan and the north on […]
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WCOWMA-BC hosted the six day Onsite Wastewater Practitioner Training Program along with a Site and Soils Field Day in Prince George in June. Participants from across the province attended and completed the training which allows them to obtain their ROWP Installer and Planner Stamps. Additional training to the six day course was the field day
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A Concept Outline is being developed by the Ministry of Health for the development of proposed policy changes for potential amendments to the current Industrial Camps Regulation. The outline is intended to clarify the intent of the regulation and reduce prescriptive requirements to make them more outcome-based, bringing them more in line with the Sewerage
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WCOWMA Onsite Wastewater Management Association of BC February 8 & 9 Abbotsford, BC (Please note you can download a PDF of the information below here) The Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association (WCOWMA) welcomes abstracts for papers to be presented at the Annual Conferences being held in February 2013. The BC Conference will take place
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The presentation files from the 2012 BC Convention Soils Presentation are now available for download (Problem Soils in Your Backyard and Advanced Soils Training). These files are password protected. If you wish to view them, please contact our office (1-877-489-7471) for the password.
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Save the Date: The 2013 WCOWMA-BC Convention and Trade Show will be held February 7 – 9, 2013. Keep your eyes on the website for more information.
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Opportunities to participate in both classroom and field training events are coming up in both Barriere and Prince George. All members of the onsite industry are encouraged to come out and participate in one of these highly educational sessions. Training sessions are either eligible for continuing education credits or for certification as an installer/planner, depending
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Pressure, Pumps, Dosing & Data Logging Workshop A workshop will be held for those interested in understanding more about the basic advantages of pressure distribution, understanding friction loss, and determining pump performance requirements. Calculating timed dosing systems and setting floats and data loggers will also be covered. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation for
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June 14, 2012 Prince George, BC The instructor will demonstrate all required outcomes prior to participants demonstrating to the instructor the proper processes for site and soil evaluation. Soil evaluation identifying characteristics that affect sewage systems. Understand the general method of how to evaluate soil characteristics that affect water movement. Excavate soil pit –
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Curt Kerns, one of the WCOWMA-BC directors and Wetlands Scientist with Wetlands Pacific Corp, was recently published in the February 2012 Victoria Community Green Scene magazine. The article is below, or you can download a PDF version.
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