Onsite Consortium

The Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment, often referred to as "The Onsite Consortium", is a group of Educational Institutions cooperating on decentralized wastewater training and research efforts. The Consortium also includes people from professional associations, citizens groups, regulatory agencies and private industry.

As funding for centralized wastewater collection and treatment has diminished there has been a dramatic shift in interest among professionals and the public towards decentralized wastewater technologies which can be environmentally compatible and cost-effective.

Consortium affiliates cooperate to:

• Conduct, coordinate, and standarize education, training, and research,  
• Develop, standardize, and share education and training materials,
• Encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among engineering and the sciences,
• Advance commercialization of new approaches and tools for wastewater treatment, and
• Promote multi-sector collaboration and communication among Consortium institutions, professionals, and the public.

National Installer Train-the-Trainer Academy to be held in St. Louis, Missouri.

For details on the upcoming Academy that will introduce this curriculum, click HERE.

CIDWT Memorandum of Understanding

The number of participants and the awareness of College and University administrators continues to increase. If your institution is interested in participating in the Consortium an MOU is available by clicking HERE. For more information, interested parties can either contact John Buchanan jbuchan7@utk.edu or Nancy Deal nancy_deal@ncsu.edu..

The 2008-2009 Consortium Executive Board membership includes:

     John Buchanan - (Chair) University of Tennessee
     Kitt Farrell-Poe (Past Chair) University of Arizona
     Bruce Fox - (Training Center/Program/Association Representative) Allstate Septic Systems LLP
     George Loomis- (Practitioner/Training Center Chair) University of Rhode Island 
     Randy Miles (University Curriculum Committee Chair) Texas A&M University
     David Lindbo - (Research Committee Chair) North Carolina State University
     David Gustafson - (At Large Delegate) University of Minesota

EPA Memorandum of Understanding with CIDWT

The purpose of the MOU is to formalize the on-going cooperative relationship between the EPA and the Signatory Organizations in order to effectively address issues pertaining to decentralized wastewater treatment systems.  The MOU is intended to facilitate cooperation, collaboration, consultation, coordination, and effective communication between the EPA and the Signatory Organizations. For more details on the EPA MOU or the MOU partners, please Click Here.

The original development of this web site was supported by the
National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project
 with funding provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through a Cooperative Agreement (EPA No. CR827881-01-0) with Washington University in St. Louis.

Subsequent support was provided through a Cooperative Agreement (WPA No X-830851-01-0) with the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) in Alexandria, VA.