Toward Quality Biosolids Management: A Trainer's Manual

Acknowledgments

This training manual is a joint effort of Oregon State University, the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA), and the Northwest Biosolids Management Association (NBMA). A host of volunteers provided their creative talents at pilot workshops that shaped this manual and provided helpful review comments. The following people and institutions have been instrumental in the development of this publication.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Dr. John Walker
Senior Scientist, Municipal Technology Branch
Office of Wastewater Management

Northwest Biosolids Management Association (NBMA)

• Carol Park, Manager
• Brian True, Special Projects Coordinator
• Al Smith, Cowlitz Water Pollution Control, President 1998
• Dan Thompson, City of Everett, President 1995­1997

Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA)

• Randy Naef, City of Newberg, Chair--Biosolids Committee, 1997­99
• Dan Clark, City of Portland, Chair--Biosolids Committee, 1996­97
• Ann Gardner, City of Portland, Chair--Biosolids Committee, 1995­96

Oregon Pilot Training Workshops

• Barry Evensen, City of Salem
• Dale Richwine, Richwine Environmental
• Dan Clark, City of Portland
• Dan Hanthorn, City of Corvallis
• Richard Tyree, Tyree Engineering
• Douglas Peters, Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
• Jim Jordahl, CH2M Hill
• Ken Rosenstock, City of Portland
• Ken Vanderford, City of Eugene
• Kent Madison, Madison Farms
• Mark Jockers, Unified Sewerage Agency
• Mark Ronayne, City of Portland
• Randy Naef, City of Newberg
• Robert Watson, Operations Management, Inc.
• Steve Wilson, Brown and Caldwell

Content reviewers

• Craig Cogger, Washington State University Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA
• David Wanucha, Environmental Waste Recycling, Inc., Advance, NC
• Douglas Peters, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, OR
• Kris McCumby, Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Fairbanks, AK
• Lisa Vogel, Dan Sturgill, and Carol Ready, King County Dept. of Natural Resources, Seattle,WA
• Mike Scharp, Parker Ag Services, Colorado Springs, CO
• Richard Tyree, Tyree Engineering, Burien, WA
• Robert Gillette, Carollo Engineers, Sacramento, CA

Professional trainer review

• Stefan Seiter, integrated agricultural systems consultant, Corvallis, Oregon

Technical editing, cover design, and document layout

• Cooper Publishing, Philomath, Oregon

Key biosolids management publications for manual preparation (full reference information given in "Training Resources")

• California Water Environment Association. Manual of Good Practice for Agricultural Land Application of Biosolids.
• Biosolids management guidelines for Washington State. Washington State Dept. of Ecology Publication 93-80. (Revised edition available in 1999.)
• A plain English guide to the EPA Part 503 biosolids rule. EPA Publ. 832-R-93-003.
• Guide to soil suitability and site selection for beneficial use of domestic wastewater biosolids. Manual 8, Oregon State University Extension Service, Corvallis, OR.

Key "training methods" publications for manual preparation

• North Carolina Division of Environmental Management and North Carolina Water Pollution Control Association. 1995 (revised annually). Needs to Know. In: Land application of residuals operators training manual. North Carolina Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission. Raleigh, NC. Phone: 919-733-0026.
  
  
• Seiter, Stefan. 1998. Soil quality card design manual: A guide to develop locally adapted conservation tools. Version 1.0. Soil Quality Institute, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture. Available from Soil Quality Institute's product catalog at: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu

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