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How to Become Certified, Applications, Fees, Continuing Education, etc.

Buying additives/chemicals for your tank?  Think again ! Disciplinary Actions Against Septic Tank Contractors Floods and Septic Tanks Guide to Septic Tanks Videos:  Understanding Your Septic Tank               The Septic System Challenge Welstrom - Online Mapping Tool         Septic Tanks, Wells, Soils, and More! 

Hire someone to install/pump a tank or do a soil report:

Installers Pumpers Portable Sanitation Providers Soil Classifiers  (Level III)

Installers Pumpers Portable Sanitation Providers Soil Classifiers  (Level III)

Portable Sanitation:  511-3-6   Summary Brochure for Event Organizers/Construction Site Owners

Septic Tanks:  511-3-1   Septic Inspections - Illustrated Field Guide and Equivalency Factors

Manual for On-Site Sewage Management Systems Rules   - Updated June, 2019 Technical reference guide for the siting, design, permitting, inspecting, and troubleshooting of residential septic tanks. 

View the Manual by section:

Section A – Rules and Regulations Section B – General Site Provisions Section C – Soil Information Section D – Pretreatment Section E – Effluent Distribution and Dosing Devices Section F – Dispersal Systems Section G – Experimental On-site Sewage Management Systems Section H – Site Modifications Section I – Septage Removal and Disposal Section J – Sewage Flow Schedule Section K – Field Inspections Section L – Operation and Maintenance Section M – Lot Sizing Section N – Certification Section O – Appendices

Variance and Waiver Request Form  ( Instructions Page )

To request review and approval for a product not listed, please complete our  Product Review Application .

Variance and Waiver Request Form  (Instructions Page)                                           

For additional information on Alternative and Chamber Product Approvals, please contact the State Environmental Health Office at (404) 657-6534.

The CRC assists the Department in the certification of persons who install, inspect, pump, maintain or repair on-site sewage management systems.

The TRC makes recommendations to the department regarding the approval of new systems, assist the Department with the development and revision of standards and guidelines for new technology, assists with the adoption of periodic updates to the Manual for On-Site Sewage Management Systems, and serves as the final authority in contested interpretation issues of the Rules and the Manual for On-site Sewage Management Systems.

The SCCAC is responsible for certification, oversight, performance assessment and recertification of persons who classify soils for on-site sewage management systems.

For additional information about these committees, and meeting minutes, please email: [email protected]  

Background and Use of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in GA Design Criteria for Peak Sewage Flow Facilities Accepting Septage (EPD approved) Impact of Onsite Sewage Systems on Ground Water Nitrogen Welstrom - Online Mapping Tool         Septic Tanks, Wells, Soils, and More!           Welstrom User Manual

Frequently Asked Questions For complaints (Covid-19 included), record requests, services, inspections, exams, or other locally-related questions, contact your County Environmental Health Office  (pdf)  or view numbers as webpage.

After Hours Public Health Emergencies 1-866-PUB-HLTH (782-4584)

Other Env Related Contacts Brochure

State Office: 404-657-6534   NOTE: We are unable to address restaurant questions/complaints and we are unable to provide local records or administer exams; please contact your County Env Health Office)