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TOWA 25th Anniversary Conference
SPEAKERS & SESSION OVERVIEWS

BUILDING A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WHAT GRAYWATER MEANS FOR OSSF
ABSTRACT: The onsite wastewater industry is evolving ABSTRACT: The State of Texas has just released new rules
rapidly. In less than one generation we have seen small under Chapters 210 and 285 that apply to domestic
Mom and Pop operations grow into small businesses that Graywater reuse. There are very specific provisions under
now offer more than just pumping or installing systems. the 285 rules that limit the opportunities for these
The manufacturing side of our industry is producing new systems on homes served by an OSSF. Graywater reuse
and innovative equipment with attractive profit margins on homes not served by an OSSF Texas also may provide
for the reseller. Many of our new and advanced systems an opportunity for installers to install a graywater
require sophisticated design that many are getting diversion and or recycling system with water being
trained for. The National Association of Homebuilders reused for landscape, gardening, and to keep
predicts an increase in homes that will be served by foundations moist through Drip Irrigation. The rules also
onsite systems. All of this feeds the need for operation allow for treated water to sprayed and returned to homes
and maintenance. In this presentation, we will describe for toilet flushing. In addition to the new rules, NSF has
how our company has gone from a few hundred developed a new standard, NSF/ANSI 350, for evaluating
service customers to over 2,500 and growing. onsite water reuse technologies to ensure the systems
properly treat graywater (i.e., wastewater generated
TOM FRITTS, Residential Sewage Treatment Company from activities such as laundry and bathing) and
Tom Fritts is vice-president of Residential Sewage Treatment combined wastewater (i.e., all sources of wastewater
Company in Grandview, Missouri where they design, sell generated within a residence or building) for
and service alternative onsite wastewater systems. Tom reuse in non-potable applications.
is past president of the Missouri Smallflows Organization,
the Kansas Small Flows Association and just finished his JAMES PROCHASKA, P.E., JNM Technologies
2-year term as President of the National Onsite Wastewater Jim holds and Bachelor’s and Master of Science
Recycling Association (NOWRA), where he still serves (Agricultural/Civil Engineering) from Texas A&M University.
on the executive board. He is an approved instructor 1987, Mr. Prochaska began his extensive career in
by NOWRA, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior wastewater treatment and effluent reuse. Since that
Services, the Missouri Smallflows Organization the time, he has been responsible for the design and
Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater development of projects ranging from 300 gpd to 8
Treatment and the Kansas Small Flows Association. million gpd. His projects have included domestic,
Tom was successful during the summer of 2016 working municipal and industrial wastewater generators. Since
with legislators to form a Decentralized Wastewater 1994, Mr. Prochaska has devoted the majority of his time
Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. towards the development of on-site wastewater treatment
and disposal using subsurface drip irrigation. He has
LOOKING BEYOND THE EVALUATION worked as a principal designer and reviewer on several
of these projects, and has spent even more time training
ABSTRACT: This presentation will cover the high points of and educating engineers and sanitarians on how to
conducting an on-site septic system site evaluation. All design on-site systems. He has taken this technology to
on-site septic systems in the state of Texas requires a site domestic, agricultural and food processing wastewater
evaluation to be conducted by a licensed site evaluator generators as an environmentally sound means of
or PE. I will go over the things to look for when conducting wastewater treatment and dispersal. Currently
the site evaluation as described in TCEQ’s Chapter 285 he is active throughout the United States in developing
rules On-Site Sewage Facility Rules. I bring to the attention the onsite wastewater industry and the use of
of the audience things to look for when conducting a site subsurface drip dispersal methods.
evaluation. I will cover these areas, but not limited to soils,
topography, water features, structures, easements and ELECTRONIC SERVICE TRACKING
buffer zones.
ABSTRACT: Jon’s comprehensive presentation will include
HOYT SEIDENSTICKER, R.S., Land Stewardship Services, the history of software in the septic industry, a discussion
LLC of different platforms and techniques of storage
Education: B.S. Rangeland Ecology and Management, (computer, hosted, cloud, apps, etc.) and the advantages
Texas A&M University, 1991, Angelo State University, over doing these verses traditional record keeping. His
1986-1988. Occupation: Rancher, Boerne, Texas, 1996 – presentation will also cover mapping route and planning
Present; Consultant, Designing Wildlife Management that allow more work to get done efficiently which allows
Plans, Prescribed Burns, Ranch Management Plans service providers to take on more clients, and do so more
and Septic Systems, 2001 – Present; Biosolids Manager, efficiently. The goal of the presentation is to educate and
San Antonio Water System, San Antonio, Texas, 1996 – inform the audience on how the electronic service record
2000; Inspector, Texas Natural Resource Conservation keeping can lead to reduced costs, increased productivity
Commission, Duncanville and Austin, Texas, 1993 –1995; and comprehensive record keeping.
Range Specialist, USDA Natural Resource Conserva-
tion Service, Stephenville, Texas, 1991 – 1992. OSSF Site JOE DENNY, SAFE Software
Evaluator, 2001 – Present. Registered Sanitarian, 2001 – Joe and his father Fred released SAFE in 2001. Jon, a
Present. Texas native, graduated with a Marketing Degree from
Texas State University in 1994. He worked for a forklift
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