BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/North_Dakota/Center X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/North_Dakota/Center BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@ndowra.org DTSTART;TZID=America/North_Dakota/Center:20260213T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/North_Dakota/Center:20260213T173000 DTSTAMP:20260212T151150Z URL:https://ndowra.org/event-calendar/2026-ndowra-annual-meeting-training- conference/ SUMMARY:2026 NDOWRA Annual Meeting & Training Conference DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 13\, 2026 | Spirit Lake Casino &\; Resort | Devils Lake\, ND\nConference hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Registratio n opens at 8:00 a.m.)\n\nJoin the North Dakota Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NDOWRA) for a full day of education\, updates\, and practica l training focused on onsite and decentralized wastewater systems—plus t he latest on new legislation\, licensing\, installation best practices\, a nd cold-climate considerations.\nSchedule at a glance\n2026 NDOWRA ANNUAL MEETING\nFRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 13\n\n 8:00 a.m. Registration opens\n 8:25 a. m. Conference Opening Remarks\n\n Bruce Ellingson\, NDOWRA Pres.\n\n\n 8 :30 a.m. Duties of DEQ under new legislation\, licensing\, and Q &\; A\ n\n DEQ\, Rep.\n\n\n 9:00 a.m. Installation from the ND Health Dept Pers pective\n\n Health Department Rep.\n\n\n 9:30 a.m. Break\n 9:45 a.m. Ev olving Installation Practices for Success\n\n Peter Otterness\, Infiltrat or Water Technologies\n\n\n 10:45 a.m. Options for Difficult Sites of On- Site &\; Decentralized Wastewater\n\n Ben Kele\, Managing Dir. Arris - Australia\n\n\n Noon Lunch provided by NDOWRA\n 1 p.m. Soils Characteri stics from East to West in ND\n\n Perry Sullivan\, Chairman ND Board of P rof. Soil Classifiers\n\n\n 2:00 p.m. Septic Sizing – Bigger is Better\ n\n Dr. Sara Hegar\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n 3:00 p.m. Break\n 3: 15 p.m. Trouble Shooting &\; Repairing On-Site &\; Decentralized Was tewater\n\n Ben Kele\, Managing Dir. Arris - Australia\n\n\n 4:15 p.m. B reak\n 4:30 p.m. Keys for Installations in Cold Climates\n\n Dr. Sara He gar\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios\nClick here to learn mor e about our speakers and read their bios (including Dr. Sara Heger\, Ben K ele\, Peter Otterness\, and Perry Sullivan) in our Speaker Bios Word docum ent.\nRegistration &\; Pricing\n\n NDOWRA Members: $75 (must be logged in with your membership account to receive member pricing)\n Non-members : $300\n Annual NDOWRA membership: $150/year (great option if you want th e member rate and ongoing benefits)\n\nVendor Tables\nWe’ll also have ve ndor tables set up throughout the day. Vendor table tickets are $300.\n\nS pirit Lake Room Block\nNDOWRA has a block of 40 rooms at Spirit Lake Casin o &\; Resort - Rate : $95 + standard resort fee LOCATION:Spirit Lake Casino & Resort\, 7889 ND-57\, St Michael\, ND\, 58370 \, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7889 ND-57\, St Michael\, N D\, 58370\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Spirit Lake Casino & Resort:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/North_Dakota/Center X-LIC-LOCATION:America/North_Dakota/Center BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR