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Resources
- Sanitation Code (PDF)
- Bulletin 4-2 (PDF)
- Environmental Health Handbook (PDF)
- EPA Design Manual - Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System (PDF)
- EPA Onsite Wastewater Treatment Manual (PDF)
- Approved Septic Tanks
- Lagoon Construction Diagram (PDF)
- KCC Sensitive Groundwater Areas Map
- KCC Equus Beds Map
- Click HERE to start your construction plan
KSU Handouts
- KSU Aquatic Plants and Their Control (PDF)
- KSU Get to Know Your Septic System (PDF)
- KSU Onsite Wastewater Treatment Additives (PDF)
- KSU Plugging Cisterns, Cesspools, Septic Tanks, and Other Holes (PDF)
- KSU Selecting an Onsite Wastewater or Septic System (PDF)
- KSU Septic Tank Maintenance a Key to Longer Septic System Life (PDF)
- KSU Septic Tank Soil Absorption System (PDF)
- KSU Wastewater Pond Operation, Maintenance and Repair (PDF)
- KSU Wastewater Pond Design and Construction (PDF)
- KSU Wastewater Pond Operation, Maintenance, and Repair (PDF)
- KSU Why Do Onsite Wastewater Systems Fail (PDF)
- KSU Rock Plant Filter Design and Construction for Home Wastewater Systems (PDF)
- KSU Rock Plant Filter Operation, Maintenance, and Repair (PDF)
Continuing Education Resources (CEU's)
- NOWRA Decentralized Wastewater Education
- NAWT- quarterly webcast in conjunction with EPA
- NSF
- NEHA - National Environmental Health Association
- Kansas Small Flows
- Inspectapedia
- EPA-Webcasts
- Infiltrator Water Technologies
- Norweco
- Biomicrobics
- Des Moines Area Community College
- Orenco Systems
- Also check with your local distributors for educational opportunities
Reno County Forms
- Specific Request Review form (PDF)
- Wastewater Application (PDF)
- Soil Profile Worksheet (PDF)
- Wastewater Waiver Request form (PDF)
- Wastewater or Well Water Construction Plan Worksheet (PDF)
Reno County Handouts
- Handout #2 - Lagoons (PDF)
- Handout #3 - Enhanced Treatment Wastewater Systems (PDF)
- Handout #4 - Mounds (PDF)
- Handout # 5 -Wastewater Systems in General (PDF)
- Handout #7 - Enhanced Treatment Wastewater Systems AETU (PDF)
- Handout #9 - Septic Systems in a Flood Plain (PDF)
- Handout #10 - How to Become a Licensed Wastewater Contractor (PDF)
- Handout # 11 - How to Complete An Installation Design Diagram (PDF)
- Handout #12 - Semi-Public Wastewater Systems (PDF)
- Handout #14 - Wastewater Supply Requirements (PDF)
- Handout #15 - Lagoons in a Flood Plain (PDF)
- Handout #18 - Wastewater Permit Process (PDF)
- Handout #20 - Soil Profile Information (PDF)
- Handout #21 - Trip Charges (PDF)
- Handout #22 - Lagoon Maintenance (PDF)
- Handout #23-Lateral Field Types Approved in Reno Co. (PDF)
- Handout #24-Septic Tank Effluent Filters (PDF)
Disclaimer – Reno County Staff are able to evaluate each site for minimal code compliance; staff are not able to select, or provide person input, on wastewater systems, wells, mortgage inspections, or other Environmental Health issues.