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CITY of ORONO <br />float Office flux f60Crystal flay, Minnesota 55:123aMunicipal Offices <br />On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka <br />May 6, 1988 <br />Board of Governors <br />Big Island Veterans Camp <br />P.O. Box 598 <br />Excelsior, MN 55331 <br />Re: Recent septic System Inspection <br />Gentlemen: <br />On April 26, 1988, Tom Jacobs and I met with Mark Peterson, <br />caretaker for the Big Island Veterans Camp. At that time we <br />inspected each of the known septic systems on the property, and <br />also looked at the well. Based on this inspection, it is my <br />recommendation that certain systems be allowed to continue in use <br />until their capacity (unknown) is reached, as long as they do not <br />pose a pollution or health hazard. There are also specific <br />systems which, due to their location or condition, should be <br />abandoned and filled in. <br />The Peanut Row toilet building and the South Hill toilet building <br />are both served by what appear to be single septic <br />tank/drainfield systems, both located 150' or more from the lake <br />and some distance above lake level. It is my opinion that <br />although these systems are substandard in design, and have an <br />unknown and unmeasurable capacity for accepting and treating <br />sewage, they will likely not pose a health or pollution hazard if <br />used. In both tanks, the baffle system should be repaired or <br />replaced. <br />The following systems are no longer intended for use and must be <br />properly abandoned by caving in the covers and filling the tanks <br />with dirt: <br />1. Old caretaker cabin site (west of boat house site). <br />2. West side of former dormitory building. <br />3. Old shower building northeast of dorm. <br />4. West Block. <br />5. East Block. <br />6. Anderson cabin. <br />The systems serving Ba 1 lantine cabin and the North Hill toilet <br />building are substandard both in design and location, and it is <br />my recommendation that those systems also be abandoned, since <br />they are located very near the lakeshore cliff and ► ave a high <br />[ll ILDING! Z(►NIM; 471-7357 • AI)41%1S'T'RAIU)N! Fl%%%( 1 471735N • PA FILM %ORKS 471'159 <br />ASSFSSIN6 <br />