Theme: 'land Resource Assessment for Effluent Disposal' Training and Quality Assurance Effluent Irrigation -issues and Challenges Effluent Irrigation -the Right Choice? the Role of Soil Science in Effluent Irrigation

Raised public expectation and increasing politicalpressure, in the face of mounting evidence thatsubstantial numbers of on-site wastewater disposalsystems perform poorly or fail, has resulted in therevision of State Government Guidelines and theAustralian Standard 1547. These revised guidelinesrequire a wider range of skills of Environmental HealthOfficers and others involved with the management ofon-site wastewater systems. In response to the increaseddemand for training in this area the Centre forEnvironmental Training, already established as theleading provider of training in on-site wastewater inAustralia, has developed a revised and updated On-site Wastewater Management Training Program. A keyelement of this program is the practical assessment ofsoils as a guide to the suitability of sites for on-sitewastewater disposal. The program provides participantswith an introduction to the skills of soil assessment.