EQUIP OS232

Onsite Sewerage: Sand MOund Design

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Live, interactice online instruction

Dates: Tuesdays, November 17 and 24, 2026
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm (Pacific Time), each session
Instructors: Jim Andersen, AScT, ROWP, and Ian Ralston, P.L.Eng.
Delivery format: Two live, interactive online sessions via Zoom

Fee: $300

Course Purpose

This course provides competencies for the design of sand mounds and sand-lined beds and trenches.

Course Content

  • Concept of sand media bed systems.
  • Theory of sand media based treatment, and ways to improve performance.
  • System selection and vertical separation standards prescribing the use of raised sand mounds.
  • Rationale for sand media standards and sand media testing.
  • Opportunities and options for sand lined trenches and beds, bottomless sand filters.
  • Sizing and configuration of raised sand mounds and sand lined beds or trenches.
  • Exploring the mysterious basal loading check
  • Understanding the Standard Practice Manual sand media specifications
  • Exploring options for reduced system length where site constraints limit the available contour length
  • Specifying and supervising the installation of sand mounds and other sand media systems

Format

  • Two live, interactive online sessions via Zoom
  • Instructor-led lectures with learning exercises/case study.

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