Subsurface Wastewater Training

 

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2025 Training Schedule

Traiing Providers – SSWW and Site Evaluator

Other Training Opportunities

For More Information

Previous Years' Training Materials

 

2025 Training Schedule

• 2025 Subsurface Wastewater Training locations and dates to be determined.

 
Site Evaluator Training Providers  View or download as a PDF

 

Other Training Opportunities

• Septic Systems Installer Workshop
  Thursday, February 20, 2025 – 8:30am - 4:00pm
  Nixon Development Center, Portland Water District – 225 Douglass Street, Portland
  A training for site evaluators, local plumbing inspectors, and contractors, this workshop will be presented by Glenn Angell, retired State Site Evaluator, and Dave Rocque, retired State Soil Scientist.
  Learn more or register.

 

For More Information

To learn more, or for assistance, please contact:

• Brent Lawson, State Plumbing Inspector/Site Evaluator: Email or phone (207) 592-7376
• Eli Pellegrino, Environmental Analyst: Email or phone (207) 441-7122

 

Previous Years' Training Materials

The following presentations may be downloaded. Please note that these do not include presentations by other participants in the training sessions except one presentation by the Department of Agriculture, nor do they count for personal development hour credits.

2015 Presentations

LPI Training Sessions Fall 2015 (PDF)

2013 Presentations

Basics
Certified Installer and Local Plumbing Inspector Training (PDF)
Certified System Inspectors (PDF)
Beyond the Basics
History of Sewage Disposal (PDF)
Microbiology of Septic Systems (PDF)
Alternatives to Conventional Wastewater Treatment (PDF)
Non-traditional Contaminants and Septic Systems (PDF)
Compliation PPCP video (WMV)

2012 Presentations

All documents PDF
Presentation on Alternative Systems to Hancock County Planning Commission
2012 Basic Onsite Wastewater Installation
2012 Certified System Inspector
2012 New Local Plumbing Inspector
2012 Post-Rules Reality
2012 How and Why Systems Work
2012 Tales from the Tank

2011 Presentations

All documents PDF
Division of Environmental Health
2011 Basic Installer Training
2011 New LPI Training
2011 Rules Revisions
Department of Agriculture
Site Evaluator Drainage Key

2010 Presentations

All documents PDF
Basic On-site Wastewater System Installation
Ethical and Technical Issues for the Site Evaluator
Subsurface Wastewater System Inspection
1998 Peat System Assessment
Anatomy of an Investigation
New Local Plumbing Inspector

2009 Presentations

All documents PPT (MS PowerPoint)
Basic Installer Training (2008)
Professional Ethics for Site Evaluators
Ethics answer key
Determining Fill Amounts & Extensions, Easements, & Groundwater Monitoring
Engineered and Multi-User Systems
Voluntary Inspector Training 2009
2009 Field Exam Review

2008 Presentations

All documents PPT (MS PowerPoint)
Basic Installer Training
Commercial & High Strength
Local Plumbing Inspector Issues
Septic System Maintenance
Voluntary Inspectors
2008 Field Exam Review

2007 Site Evaluator Field Exam

2007 Site Evaluator Field Exam (PPT)

 

Updated 1/24/2025