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construct a new system. <br />6. Toilet building below Peanut Row. The septic tank for this <br />building is located 10-15' south of thi building. The tank is fairly <br />large, however its design and constru,..tion is questionable and the <br />baffle system (which is rotting) allows for a very limited detention <br />time within the tank. Although no drainfield was found by probing, we <br />believe there is drainfield located to the west and northwest of the <br />toilet building. In looking further north, we found no evidence that <br />the system discharges to the surface and it is located at least 200' <br />from the lakeshore. It's my recommendation that this system be <br />allowed to continue in use until such time that it is found to be <br />failing. The property owners would be advised to retrofit that tank <br />with a new baff le system and rework piping near the tank so that the <br />detention t me is maximized (the outlet of the tank should be directly <br />across from the inlet, not a few feet to the side of it). It is my <br />opin'on that use of thiz system will not cause any damage to the <br />environment, however, we have no way of determining the actual maximum <br />capacity or capability of this system for accepting sewage. <br />7. The Cook's cabin (westerly of the block buildings). This building <br />has a cesspool -type, self curbin,- block tank located directly behind <br />it. Some of the cover sections r using and/or caving in. This <br />tank needs to be covered immediat } -revent accidents. Since this <br />building is currently intended for e only, no use of this system <br />is anticirated. Since the exist: dt% +. nk is not a sealed tank, but <br />merely a cesspool with no visib.c ,_scharge pipe outlet, it is of <br />questionable value and certainly doesn't meet any current codes. We <br />would not allow it to be used in the future in its current state, but <br />might be suitable for future retrofitting. <br />8. West block and east block cabins. Both the block buildings had <br />toilets, and in the west building, just to the west of the building is <br />a pipe that we expect probably leads to some sort of a cesspool ype <br />tank. However, this tank has not been located. The east block <br />building probably contains the same type of system. Since these <br />buildings are to be used for storage, it is not a great concern at <br />this time that the systems be located. However., it would he <br />appropriate to find those systems and presuming they are merely cess- <br />pools, fill them in so t0ey will not be a hazard. <br />9. Dining Hall. The dining hall is served by two systems, one of <br />which is connected and one of which probably is not connected. A <br />very large septic tank is located approximately 40' east of the dining <br />hall building, and the manhole was uncovered during our inspection. <br />It is not known where this tank discharges, although the caretaker <br />surmises that a pipe heads to the south and surfaces near where Berg <br />cabin was looated. This system needs to be looked at in more detail, <br />perhars even having the tank uncovered in its entirety and the <br />discharge location verified to determine whether or not the system <br />should remain in any type of use. The second system for the dining <br />hall is to the north of the kitchen area and consists merely of a dry <br />1200 gallon capacity cesspool -type tank that was, intended to be <br />connected to a dishwasher which never was installed. At all cast <br />inspections, this tank has been totally dry, and probably never has <br />