WCOWMA is holding Septic Awareness Week from September 19 – 23. FREE workshops are scheduled across all of the western provinces, and registration is now open! We\’d love for you to help spread the word. Invite clients, talk to your Regional District and health officials, invite friends or family to attend, and join us on social […]

We recently received the following information from Robert Renschler, Safety Codes Manager, Planning & Development in the County of Grande Prairie: Please be advised that we at the County of Grande Prairie #1 as of September 30, 2022, will be strictly enforcing that all tanks that tie into the low-pressure city mains will be sized as

The AOWMA hosted a Site & Soils Evaluation Field Day in Two Hills on June 27th. We had a smaller group of students, allowing for more time with instructor, Dan Morris. A big thank you to our hosts, Len Nadurak and Toni Sime. The AOWMA also hosted a Site & Soils Evaluation Field Day in Warner County

WCOWMA and its provincial chapters are undergoing some long-overdue updates to our websites. The website build is coming along nicely and we will be moving from the ‘construction’ phase to the ‘editing’ phase in the next couple of weeks. Once the sites are fully reconstructed, they will be made live. We are very excited about

The AB Environmental Farm Plan Program is reviewing their technical content and are looking for technical experts to assist. This helps the EFP stay current and credible. The AOWMA is assisting in the review of the Management of Household Wastewater chapter.

The Alf Durnie Education and Research Scholarship Fund was developed in memory of Alf Durnie, Technical Administrator, Private Sewage Systems (Chief Inspector), Province of Alberta. Alf’s work focused on the private sewage discipline from 1996 to September 2016. He led the development of technical standards for private sewage systems, the development and implementation of programs

The AOWMA hosted a Site and Soils Field Evaluation in Gull Lake, AB in May, 2022. The old home was torn down and a new home will be built on the 4 acre property. Currently, there is a temporary mobile home, a permanent barn and an abandoned well on the property. There is also an

Are you waiting to get your certification and have a site you need to complete? Or do you just have a site and are willing to host a workshop there? We can host a site and soils field day or an installation workshop. Contact us to set something up. There\’s no cost to you!

The Alberta Safety Codes Council has released the 2022 Alberta Standard of Practice.  Download a free digital copy of the 2022 SOP online or purchase a print copy through the AOWMA. Certificate of Competency (CoC) holders have one year from the release date to complete their Standard of Practice Update Training and renew their CoC. All those who

Significant danger to wildlife is posed by open 4” vertical PVC or Big-O pipes, and open valve boxes. Open or uncapped vertical pipes spread on the landscape for many utilitarian purposes pose a very real hazard to wildlife, especially birds. Learn more.