This three day course covers all aspects of land capability assessment, management and design. The course comprises illustrated lectures, practical demonstrations and exercises and a field based land capability assessment and design workshop.
Course content includes:
- The Regulatory Environment
- General Environmental Duty
- Wastewater Characterisation and Testing
- Primary Treatment; Septic Systems
- Composting Systems and Greywater Diversion
- Sand Filters, Media Filters and Mound Systems
- Treatment Wetlands and Reed Beds
- Secondary Treatment; Aerated Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Soil Based Systems
- Trenches and Beds
- LPED Systems and Wick Trenches
- Evapotranspiration Systems
- Water Balance Analysis
- Soil Landscape Interpretation for Land Capability Assessment
- Soil Permeability and Dispersion Demonstrations
- Soil Properties and Classification
- Soil Testing
- Nutrient Removal and Land Application Systems
- Irrigation Systems
- Land Capability Assessment
- Site and Soil Assessment
- Field Based Land Capability Assessment
- Soil Permeability Testing by Constant Head Permeameter
- Site Evaluation and Design Exercise
- Failing Systems; Auditing and Troubleshooting