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Wastewater Management:
Wastewater Land Application Operators
Study and Reference Manual

This manual presents material consistent with the laws, rules, and technical guidance for Idaho’s wastewater reuse program. The purpose of the manual is to provide operators of wastewater reuse systems with the basic understanding needed to operate these systems in an efficient and environmentally sound manner.

Wastewater Land Application Operators Study and Reference Manual

(DEQ Publication, October 2005: pdf 5.6 mb, 337 pages)

Because of the large size of this pdf document, we have also divided it into sections for quicker download.

Table of Contents, Introduction 153 kb, 18 pages
Needs to Know Criteria 40 kb, 9 pages
Section 1: Wastewater Characteristics and Loading Fundamentals 201 kb, 15 pages
Section 2: Soils & Agronomy 694 kb, 32 pages
Section 3: Ground Water & Hydrology 428 kb, 14 pages
Section 4: Wastewater Disinfection & Buffer Zones 149 kb, 10 pages
Section 5: Storage Lagoons 60 kb, 8 pages
Section 6: Distribution Network & Devices 493 kb, 24 pages
Section 7: Irrigation Systems Operations & Scheduling 718 kb, 24 pages
Section 8: Sampling 79 kb, 14 pages
Section 9: Site Operations and Maintenance 758 kb, 36 pages
Section 10: Calculations 183 kb, 16 pages
Section 11: Health and Safety 116 kb, 24 pages
Section 12: Idaho Rules and Requirements 91 kb, 18 pages

Appendix A: Monitoring Well Construction Guidance

Appendix B: Soil Sampling

506 kb, 16 pages

Appendix C: Plant Tissue Sampling

Appendix D: Winterization and Maintenance of Equipment

695 kb, 26 pages
Appendix E: Example Land Application Permits 893 kb, 24 pages
Index 30 kb, 7 pages



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