There are three types of drain field systems: a standard system (see diagram A), a sand mound system and a pressure dosing system. Elevated sand mound systems are necessary when the percolation rate is poor, the soil is shallow or a high water table exists and prevents normal wastewater ...
Maintain adequate vegetative cover over the drainfield. Keep surface waters away from the tank and drainfield. Keep automobiles and heavy equipment off the system. Do not plan any building additions, pools, driveways, or other construction work near the septic system or the repair area. ...
your septic tank from your home. In conventional septic systems, liquids will pass through a filter and into the drain field. The wastewater will seep through perforated pipes into gravel. Naturally occurring bacteria will break down any contaminates as the wastewater percolates through the soil ...
This USDA sketch of a different two-compartment septic tank design illustrates how additional compartments can help retain solid waste in the septic tank and improve the quality of wastewater discharged to the drainfield or soakaway bed or absorption bed. Septic Tank Materials & Construction Typical...
While I could envision disposing of effluent in a more conventional drainfield than an above-ground depression (and I wonder who approved that), I would contact the company to ask for details about the intended means of disposal or dispersal of treated effluent from their system. ...
sump pumps or allow surface water to drain into a septic system • connect leaching bed or greywater system to agricultural field drainage • discharge water softener backwash to the septic system unless your system has been designed for it • drain hot tub and spa water to the septic sy...
is overflow. However, it is essential to drain the tray83, particularly in colder climates, to avoid freezing. The small openings85serve this purpose. The overflow is discharged from the distribution box80though the exit opening90at the bottom of the box and into the septic field (not shown...
AEROBIC Septic systems thus require electrical power and cost more to install and operate (more frequent tank pumping) than a traditional gravity septic tank and drainfield. Aerobic treatment, which can produce very high quality treated effluent, is used at sites where a conventional septic drainfie...
Remember that a normally operating septic tank is always full, right up to the level of the exit pipe that drains off effluent to the drainfield or soakaway bed. So yes, if you open a septic tank at any time the wastewater will be high - roughly up to the outlet pipe. Definition of...