EPID 600 - Introduction to Public Health Practice - Fall 2017

---

Well

• VDH Officer of Drinking Water
• National Sanitation Foundation (bottled water)
• Private drinking water wells (EPA)
• Private Well Resources - (CDC)

Septic Tanks

• The Black Box -The Septic System
• Septic-tank-soil-treatment systems
• VDH Septic Tank & liquid waste disposal, Also this Web Page
• Introduction to "septic tank" systems (check all the links on the right.)

Alternatives

• Helping America's Small Communities (Alternative Home Waste disposal systems- check the left hand set of links)
• Alternatives to Traditional Septic Systems ( Clear comparative table of al;ternatives)
• Residential Cluster systems (U. Minnesota) These systems are being used increasingly in suburan areas with poor soil in Northern Virginia.
• Aerobic treatment units  (U. New Mexico)
• Composting Toilets