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r~ <br />fi <br />#371 4 <br />TO:File <br />FROM:Michael P.Gaffron <br />DATE:April 28,1978 <br />SUBJECT: Preliminary Septic & Soils Evaluation o£ Proposed <br />Itonerza Building Site, 245 Tonka Avenue <br />On April 25, 1978, I met with Jim Anderson of the Soil Conserva­ <br />tion Service. A soil boring made on the above property revealed <br />black sandy clay muck to a depth of about eight inches and very <br />sticky brown clay below it to a depth of at least 16 .nches. <br />Z was able to roll a clay ribbon about eight inch*;* ^long and <br />% inch diameter. This generally indicates a percola^ .on rate <br />over 6b minutes per inch, thus requiring a mound or other alter** <br />nate sewage system. The water table was located at about 8-12 <br />Inches below the surface. <br />The general soils map of Orono shows Kilkenny and Hamel soils <br />on the site, both of vhich are considered unsuitable for standard <br />systems. <br />My recoemendation is that before this lot is approved as a <br />huilding site the applicant should demonstrate that a mound <br />can be located on the site within the code requirements, <br />soils and topography of this lot make it a very questionable <br />site for effective sewage treatawnt. <br />H .0