Directory Information for Michael T. Hoover

Specialty: On-Site Waste Disposal

Research and extension programs are directed toward evaluation and improvement of on-site sewage treatment and disposal technologies. Improved techniques are being developed for assessment of sites for soil-based waste treatment systems and for assessment of the impacts of on-site system management upon system performance. Evaluation of suitability of sites for waste disposal systems are based on morphology, genesis, and classification of soils.

Publications:

1. Extension
   1. Publications
      1. Bulletins
         1. Septic Systems and Soil Properties
            • Potential Nitrogen Contributions from On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems to North Carolinas River Basins and Sub-Basins
            • SoilFacts: Why do Septic Systems Fail?
            • SoilFacts: Septic System Owners Guide
            • SoilFacts: Septic Systems and Their Maintenance
            • Farm.A.Syst: Improving Septic Systems
            • SoilFacts: Septic systems and the environment.
            • SoilFacts: Investigate Before You Invest
            • SoilFacts: Management of Single Family and Small Community Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems
            • Septic systems: What you need to know
            • Hoover, M. T., T. A. Disy, M. A. Pfeiffer, N. Dudley, and R. B. Mayer. 1995. On-site system operation and maintenance operator's manual. National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities, W. Va. Univ., Morgantown, WV.
            • Working, Scale Models of On-Site Septic Tank-Soil Absorption Systems for Extension and Resident Education
2. Research
   1. Publications
      1. Refereed Journals
         • Hoover, M. T. 1997. A framework for site evaluation, design and engineering of on-site technologies within a management context. Marine Studies Consortium, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and ad hoc Task Force for Decentralized Wastewater Management. Marine Studies Consortium, 400 Heath St., Chestnut Hill. MA.
         • Crozier, C. R., L. D. King, and G. D. Hoyt. 1994. Tracing N movement in corn production systems in the North Carolina Piedmont: N pool size analysis. Agron. J. 86:642-649.
         • House, C. H., S. W. Broome, and M. T. Hoover. 1994. Treatment of nitrogen and phosphorus by a constructed upland-wetland wastewater treatment system. Water Sci. Tech. 29(4):177-184
         • Vepraskas, M. J., A. G. Jongmans, M. T. Hoover, and J. Bouma. 1991. Hydraulic conductivity of saprolite as determined by channels and porous groundmass. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:932-938.
      2. Peer Reviewed Proceedings
         • Hoover, M. T., A. Arenovski, D. Daly, D. L., Lindbo. 1998. A risk-based approach to on-site system siting, design, and management. In D. M. Sievers (ed.) On-Site Wastewater Treatment. Proceedings of the Eighth National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems. March 8-10, 1989, Orlando, FL. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI p. 66-78.
         • Hinson, T. H., M. T. Hoover, and R. O. Evans. 1994. Sand lined trench septic system performance on wet, clayey soils. pp. 245-255. In E. Collins (ed.) On-site wastewater treatment. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.
      3. Published Abstracts
         • Hoover, M. T., A. Amoozegar, H. J. Kleiss, and W. R. Guertal. 1991. Morphology and soil water relationships of solum-saprolite sequences. Agron. Abstracts 313.
   2. Posters
      • Pradham, Austin, Hoover, Using Geographic Information Systems to Estimate Nitrogen Loads in Costal Plain Watersheds. Soil Science Society of North Carolina poster presentation.
3. Technology and Managerial Innovation
   1. Computer Software
      • Renkow. M., and M. T. Hoover. 1997. COSMO: Costs of On-Site Management Options software program. Coll. Agri. Life Sci., N. C. State Univ., Raleigh, NC.