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On-site Wastewater Treatment Research CouncilMinutes, 9-25-03Page 2period of June 1 through August 31, 2003 (92 days)o the website received a total of 8,156visitors, which averages to 88 visitors per day;The contract with Texas Tech University for a study of the denitrification from fields treatedwith wastewater ended on August 31, 2003. Unfortunately, Dr. Clifford Fedler was unableto attend the meeting. The approval of his final report will be placed on the agenda for thenext Council meeting;Dr. Larry Wilding's study ofhydrological attributes andtreatment capabilities ofcaliche soilspertinent to on-site sewage facilities is progressing on schedule. His request for an adjustmentto his work plan and budget categories was approved by the Executive Secretary;The contract with the San Antonio Water Systems for a literature search on graywater endedon August3l,2003. A draft of the frnal report was provided for the Council's comments andrecommendations;Infinite Solutions Design Group, Inc., which publishes the Council's newsletter, Texas On-siteInsights, has published their first edition. A readers' survey card was included; andThe contract withthe City of Austin for the monitoring of residential on-site sewage facilitiesin Travis County is still on hold pending staffs review of the permit information on two ofthe sites selected for monitoring. The City ofAustin provided the plans for all four systems;however, only two ofthe plans provided enough information to determine ifthey met the rules.The City of Austin has been contacted and indicated that they would provide permitinformation on the other two sites.Ms. Maddern also reported that she met with TCEQ's Conference Coordinator, Diane Stallings,regarding the Council's 2004 Annual Conference to be held at the Waco Convention Center on Marchl-3,20A4. The topics and speakers have been selected and a copy of the agenda was provided to theCouncilmembers. TheregistrationbrochureswillbemailedoutonJanuary 5,2004,andthespeakers'papers are due to the conference planner by January 19,2004.Regarding the status of the request for proposal for a study of the "Impact of Past Council-fundedProjects," staffinvited Kerry Stennett, Manager of TCEQ's Procurements and Contracts Sectiorl todiscuss the procedural issues regarding this project. Ms. Maddern indicated that this would beaddressed under Agenda Item No. 7.Finally, Ms. Maddern reported that a proposal was submitted by Dr. Ken Rainwater with Texas TechUniversity for a *Review of Systems for Restaurant Wastewater Pretreatment." A copy of theproposal was provided. The proposal will be addressed under Agenda Item No. 12.Following the report, the Council asked if continuing education credits could be provided toprofessional engineers, architects, real estate inspectors, and registered sanitarians for their attendanceat the 2004 Annual Conference. Ms. Maddern indicated that she would contact the conferencecoordinator about setting this up. The past conferences have offered this credit to a number of licensedindividuals.Mr. Maykus also asked ifthe contract with Dr. Fedler did not allow for travel expenses to Council