The Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association – BC will be holding a Mound Installation Field Day for those interested in learning more about designing and installing mounds. Registrants participating in this training session will focus on the following outcomes:

1. Understand the basic principles of how mounds work – treatment in sand layer and dispersal horizontally. Apply soil evaluation information. Understand ground water mounding.

2. Learn mound design configurations and materials; sand layer, fill, gravel, chambers.

3. Basic knowledge of utilizing topography of installation site.

4. Know factors in locating the mound – slope vs. level, clearance separations, vertical separations, fill materials for raised bed.

5. Ability to design pressure distribution laterals for mound, orientation of orifices, spacing, preferred vs. cost.

6. Knowledge of and ability to apply requirements of the SPM:

 Ability to interpret mound design worksheet

 Ability to complete mound design worksheet

7. Ability to describe construction practices.

8. Ability to perform clarity test on sand.

9. Identify typical mound failure.

10. Ability to apply soil characteristics at site to mound design, identify key material requirements and calculate mound size.

Where: Maple Ridge, BC
When: October 25, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Weather: Training will take place regardless of weather

$350.00 + tax for non-members, $250.00 + tax for members.  You can download a registration form or sign up online.