PARIS — The Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District is offering a septic system installation workshop designed for contractors, local plumbing inspectors and site evaluators.

It will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the First Baptist Church of Paris, 500 Paris Hill Road.

The training qualifies for continuing education credits for site evaluators, LPIs, inspectors, and contractors (for both septic system installation and soil erosion and sediment control). Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate of attendance. For contractors, this workshop qualifies as the course required for voluntary certification; certification is contingent upon satisfactory inspection of two septic systems by an LPI after completion of the course.

Topics include revisions to the SSWWD rules adopted in 2015; erosion/sediment control (what, where, when and who); what causes failures and how to avoid them; inspections which can hold up things; the interchangeability of disposal field devices; installer liability; reading and understanding the HHE-200 form; how water moves into and through the soil; septic system hydrology issues; fill extension retaining walls; backfill specifications and history; installing septic system force mains through wetlands; force main stream crossings; septic system related well contamination case studies; and Natural Resources Protection Act and Mandatory Shoreland Zoning issues.

All materials, snacks and lunch will be provided. A $50 preregistration fee is required. For more information or to register, contact Jean at OCSWCD, 207-743-5789, ext. 111, or email: [email protected] .