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A Public Health Perspective on Onsite Wastewater Systems [PDF 135 KB] – discusses public health issues such as exposure to wastewater pathogens and how system construction is influenced by rapid growth in many areas. This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.
Biologic and Infectious Waste – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners contains general information on waste issues as well as new and emerging issues in biologic and infectious waste.
Child Cares, Septic Systems, and Public Health [DOC 816 KB] – project designed to minimize raw sewage exposure to children enrolled in home child cares. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Hazard Alert: Biological Hazards in Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants – hazards workers may encounter during construction and maintenance of sewage and wastewater plants
Healthy Housing Reference Manual – revision provides information on the impact of housing on health and safety and includes a chapter on onsite wastewater treatment.
New Deliverables for Virginia’s Onsite Sewage and Water Supply Programs: A Roadmap for Changing Services [DOC 733 KB] – used a business model to assure that residential and commercial buildings not served by public sewer have adequate facilities for water and sewer and to focus agency resources on direct service delivery. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
South Bass Island Assessment [PDF 1 MB] – environmental health assessment in 2004 identified potential sources of water contamination on Lake Erie's South Bass Island
Water Security – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides information on the protection of water supplies as well as on responding to contamination threats and incidents.
Local Board of Health Guide to On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems [external link] [PDF 933 KB] (National Association of Local Boards of Health) – print and companion video/DVD guide designed to help local boards of health understand their roles in an effective on-site wastewater treatment program
National Small Flows Clearinghouse [external link] (National Environmental Services Center) – organization providing objective information about onsite wastewater collection and treatment program
Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems [external link] (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) – links to information about on-site treatment and disposal systems
Principles and Design of Onsite Waste Disposal With Septic Systems [external link] (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – principles of on-site treatment, design, and siting, as well as soil basics and water conservation
Septic Systems [external link] (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – links to information about septic systems
Treatment of Household Wastewater [external link] (National Ag Safety Database) – ideas to treat and handle wastewater when using a septic tank or similar on-site wastewater system
Wastewater Management [external link] (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – links to information about wastewater management