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SITE ADDRESS T’7.5' s /2.t^CITY OF ORONO <br />ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT - REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS <br />THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES SHOULD HELP YOU IN REPAIRING YOUR FAILING SEPTIC <br />SYSTEM: <br />I. Sij-itcm loiiZinq because: <br />Poor soil conditions <br />pQ Too much water use for size of system <br />High water table. <br />Sludge getting into drainfield - tanks need repair/replacement <br />Other <br />2. <br />3. <br />Unknown; or a combination of the above factors. It is not always possible <br />to determine the exact cause of system failure, but those listed are <br />common factors. <br />Tanfei - City Code A,eqtu/tea 2 tanfu in a nonmaJt Az6idejitiat g^vity-^Zoio 6tj6tam: <br />1-1000 gcUton, 1-750 gallon p^zcxut concAztz tank4 in 6ZAie^, Thtic oAz minimm <br />6ize^ - you my Mcih to inittaUi loAgzA tanfiA, you havz only 1 tank, it <br />normally azquifizd to add a 6zcond uifizn A.zpaixing a failing Aij^tzm, I|J you liavz <br />2 tanki but thzy OAZ Aui^tanlially undzA&izzd {500-600 gallons, jjo/i inAtancz), <br />it ii ^zcoimzndzd that thzy bz xzplaczd, youA azpalu uUll AzquiAz a pump, <br />it should bz placzd in a thiAd tank (500-1000 gallon -recommended). <br />System will likely require replacement/addition of 1 or more <br />tanks: <br />X CT I^rr7i> Z-yoOO <br />A notz about pumpa: Pumpa and pump contAoli havz out oi nzczA^ity bzcomz bzttzA <br />dzAignzd and moAz dunablz in thz lent izuo yzaA4. NzoAly onz 6zptic 6y6tzm in <br />iJouA initallzd in OAono mafeea uae 0|^ a pump, duz to 6itz conditions, A pump my <br />bz needed: - uthzn baszmznt ^looK drains ox foivea-t szmzx linz axz bzloM thz axza <br />to bz aszd as dAoin^izld, - in all mound systzjns, iohich axz uszd ichzAz high mtVi <br />table ox slowly pzxcolating soXZs axz ^ound, <br />Thzxz axz essentially two types o^ pumps uszd in septic systems applications: <br />1, B^^luznt pumps - pump only liquids, noxmally used a^tex thz second septic <br />tank, ox i^ox laundxy in the basement; and <br />2. Gxindex ox so lids-handling pumps, uszd j^ox basement toilets and sometimes <br />installed in an outside sump, which pump sewage up to septic tanks on <br />high gxound. <br />Pump ^ailuxes in thz past have been due mostly to switch ^ailuxes {coxxosion <br />ox wzaxing out) and eJle.ctxic connection coxxosion. Both o^ these pxoblems <br />havz been reduced by use o^ co^xosion-xzsistznt ^loat switches and connection <br />boxes. While pump iailuxzs axz less common than in the past, a high watex <br />alaxm costing appxoximatzly $75-$100 is noxmally xequixzd whzxz a pump is uszd. <br />lt*s well woxth thz pxicz i^ it saves you a costly basement cleanup. <br />Repairs to system will likely require a pump, including a pump tank <br />and alarm systenu-'T^T x <br />Pa.)C’ 1 a 3