RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

Sewage Strategies ... 7
The Critical Point Monitoring program is being developed to provide a control approach for operation, monitoring and maintenance activities to ensure that on-site wastewater technologies consistently meet performance requirements.

Wastewater Control ... 9
Effective management and monitoring helps ensure a wastewater system's long-term reliability. A tool that offers an integrated approach to decentralized wastewater management is a computerized wastewater information management system.

Pumping Up ... 11
Roughly 25 percent of the U.S. population is served by decentralized sewage systems. It is predicted that 37 percent of new development will use decentralized systems. Homeowners often have no idea their system needed maintenance -- until the system malfunctions.

Model Framework for On-site Wastewater ... 13
The on-site wastewater treatment field is in transition, changing from an approach based on subsurface domestic disposal to prevent human contact, to one based on treatment that protects public health while sustaining environmental quality.

Inside ASAE

Keynote Speaker Chosen for 2001 Meeting ... 19
Author and television celebrity, Michael Fortino, has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the Annual International Meeting in Sacramento, Calif.

Preprofessionals ... 20, 21
It's Time to Apply for Scholarships and Awards.
New Environmental Design Competition in Full Swing.

Hawaii Meetings Prove Successful ... 21

Foundation ... 22
A Special Thank You From Your Foundation, Silent Auction.

Standards ... 23
Cooperative Standards Program Salutes 2000 Constituents and Contributors, Cooperative Standards Program, Standards Now Available Online.

Member News ... 24
Keith E. Saxton, Ramesh S. Kanwar

In Memoriam ... 24
Joseph E. Pryor

Membership Benefits ... 24

Welcome New Members ... 25

Events Calendar ... 26

Departments

From the Manufacturers ... 2

Update ... 3

Business Briefs ... 15

Personnel Service ... 29

Professional Listings ... 32

Last Word (reader opinion) - Under Inspection ... 33
The single most commonly stated and debated word in the on-site industry today is "management." To many, talking on-site management is like taking a trip to the dentist.
Yet, like the agony of a toothache, this situation will not get better unless we step up to the problem and find a solution. The good news with on-site treatment, and to some the bad news, is that there are many aspects of this issue and the potential exists for a variety of solutions. Agencies such as NSF International in Ann Arbor, Mich., are offering ways to help. Through the input of many recognized experts in the on-site wastewater community, NSF has developed a program to address one aspect of on-site treatment.

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