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Resources
This section lists useful resources and tools that may be helpful to homeowners looking for wastewater services.
Alberta
- Alberta Environment and Parks
- Alberta Municipal Affairs
- Alberta Workplace Health and Safety
- Alberta Construction Safety Association
- Alberta 2021 Standard of Practice and Handbook (SOP) – in force
- Alberta 2015 Standard of Practice
- Safety Codes Council Alberta
- Temporary Onsite Wastewater Treatment System at Work Camps: Guidance Document
Manitoba
- Onsite Wastewater Management Systems (OWMS) Program
- Regional Offices/ Environmental Officers
- Installer Certification Application Form
- Application to Register a Disposal Field (Imperial)
- Application to Register a Disposal Field (Metric)
- Application to Register /Change a Holding Tank (Imperial)
- Application to Register /Change a Holding Tank (Metric)
- Provincial Spring Road Restrictions
- Onsite Wastewater Management Systems Regulation
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan OWDG Third Edition
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
- Saskatchewan Safety Council
- Saskatchewan Water and Wastewater Association
- The Municipal Refuse Management Regulations
- Water Security Agency
- Private Sewage Works Regulation
- Shoreland Pollution Control Regulation
British Columbia
- ASTTBC Registered Onsite Wastewater Practitioner (ROWP) Practice Guidelines
- BC Ministry of Environment
- BC Ministry of Health
- BC Regional Health Authorities Contact List
- BC Sewage System Regulation
- BC Water & Waste Association
- Canadian Institute Of Public Health Inspectors – BC Branch
- CRD Septic Savvy Program
- Engineers & Geoscientists British Columbia (formerly APEGBC) Onsite Roster
- Fraser-Fort George – Requirements for Sewage Disposal Systems on Lakes
- Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP)
- Sewage System Standard Practice Manual Version 3 (SPM V3)
- Sewage System Standard Practice Manual Version 3 (SPM V3) – FAQs and Errata November 2015
- Standard Practice Manual (SPM) Version 2
- BC SPM Appendices V2
- Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)
- VIHA Ministry of Health Forms
- VIHA Ministry of Health Forms
- Work Safe BC
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