Environmental Programs

Environmental Services

Onsite Wastewater Management Systems Program

Forms, Pamphlets & Information

• Application for Certification of Installer
• Registration of Sewage Hauler
• Application to Register Onsite Wastewater Management System and
  Fee Schedule
  

Regulation

• Onsite Wastewater Management Systems Regulation
  
• The Cottager's Handbook for Manitoba Provincial Parks, Third Edition
• Cottagers Handbook Revisions
  
  Pages 27 – 32 Planning and Installing an Onsite  
  Wastewater Management System
• Homeowner’s Manual for Onsite Wastewater Management Systems (166Kb PDF file) (français) (281Kb PDF file)
• Soil Texture Classification Triangle
• Sizing Tables
• Soil Analysis – Metric & Imperial
• Percolation Rate – Metric & Imperial

OWMS Diagrams

60-100% Heavy Clay

1.       Pressurized sand treatment mound system – chambers
2.       Pressurized sand treatment mound system – stone
3.       Modified above ground total area field

40-60% Clay

1.       Modified total area (MTA)
2.       Modified trench – stone (MTS): shallow in ground system
3.       Modified trench – chamber (MTC): shallow in ground system

85-100% Sand

1.       Lined total area field – stone
2.       Lined total area field – chambers
3.       Lined trenches for porous soils

• Soil Texture Classification Matrix
  
• Soil Texture Classification Triangle – Metric & Imperial
  
• Soil Sampling Protocol for Onsite Wastewater Management Systems
  
• Soil Texture Classification Triangle – Effluent Loading Rate
  
• Typical Wastewater Flow Rates
  
• OWMS Information Package (see map below for regions)