Goal: Provide Environmental Health Specialists with a solid foundation for performing and reviewing soil evaluations for OWTS permitting.

Objective: This 6-hour in-person training session will provide Environmental Health Specialists with essential knowledge of soil characteristics that affect the function of OWTS, enabling them to understand key soil concepts and apply them to OWTS design to promote environmental protection and public health and how to safely and effectively conduct an onsite soil evaluation for the purpose of permitting an OWTS.

Pre req: Introductory class for OWTS. CCDEH offers this course in our Video Library 

Date: October 7, 2026

Time: 8:30am - 3:30 pm (11:30-1 lunch on your own/ travel to test hole site)

Location: 2222 M St., Merced

Cost: $300.00 6 REHS CEU Provided as well as a certificate

Space limited to 25 students 

Supplies needed: Clipboard, pencil, scratch paper, measuring tape, water squeeze bottle (mustard bottle), scraping tool (flathead scredriver, file, chisel ect.) optional Munsel soil color book (recommended but not required)