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S I TE ADDRESS G - 6, � /` - /-„Ai,; �' -1 C.- �, "'L CITY OF ORONO <br />ON -SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT - REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS <br />THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES SHOULD HELP YOU IN REPAIRING YOURFAILINC SEPTIC <br />SYSTEM: <br />1. Syatem iA 6aiti.ng beeauae: <br />0 Poor soil conditions <br />�oo much water use for size of system <br />a High water table. <br />Sludge getting into drainfield - tanks need repair/replacement <br />Other i 3-r� e c• Ar r-•���. �F c r. <br />QUnknown; 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 />2. Tanks - City Code %equ Au 2 tanka in a normal %e6 dentia.t gnay.i.ty-6tow ayatem: <br />1-1000 gat on, 1-150 ga,tton precAat eonenete tanka in babies. Theae are minimum <br />aizea - you may wi,ah to .inztatt ganger tanks. I6 you have onty 1 ,tank, -iz <br />noAmat ty required to add a aeeond when kepaiA.ing a 6ac,ting a ystem. 16 you have <br />2 tanks but they ate aubAtantiatt y undeAh ized (500-600 gattona, bon inztanee) , <br />it ,i a recommended that .they be hep£aeed. 16 your repa.iu uitt kequiAe a pump, <br />it shou.td be ptaeed in a thiAd .tank (500-1000 ga.teon recommended). <br />0 System will likely require replacement/addition of 1 or more <br />tanks: <br />3. A note about pumps: PumP6 .wd pump eontnoea have out 06 neee.66 ty become better <br />dea.igned and more dunabee in the east hew years. Neanty one septic system .in <br />6oun .i.nataGted in Orono makea use 06 a pump, due to z to conditions. A pump may <br />be needed: - when basement 6too4 dnai,vs or .lowest sewer tine are beeow Vie area <br />to be used as d4a.i.n6.ietd. - in ate mound systema, which are used where high water <br />tabee on atowey percoeati.ng aoita are bound. <br />There are gas en tiatt y two typea o 6 pumpa used in a eptic a yate►16 appt ieati.ons : <br />1• E66euent pampa - pump only tiquids, nonmatty uaed a6ten the second septic <br />tank, on bon taunftj .in .the basement; and <br />2. G4i.nder on soti.da-handCi.ng pumps, used bon basement toilets and sometime6 <br />inatatted in an outside aump, which pump sewage up to aeptic tanha on <br />high ground. <br />Pump 6aitunea in the pant have been due mos.tty to switch 6a.ituAe,6 (eoAAoa.ion <br />or weaA.ing out) and etectiu.c connec.tian coAAo.a.ion. Both 06 these probeem6 <br />have been reduced by use o6 corroaLon-rea,i.atent 6toat stu tchea and connection <br />boxes. White pump 6aitu4es are .leas common titan .in the pant, a high water <br />atanm coating approximatety $15-$100 .cb no4matty requv:ed where a pump -i.a used. <br />It's weft wo4th the price 16 it eaves you a costty basement cleanup. <br />JE1 Repairs to system will likely require a pump, including a pump tank <br />and alarm system. <br />Pa g e i o 6 3 <br />