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REVISED,SITE EVALUATION REPORT for Lot 1, Block 1,Kokesh Farm Sewage Treatment System Page 2 GENERAL INFORMATION This design is for a Type 1, 5 bedroom home and in accordance with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Standards and local ordina.nces. A season�ally high water table was evidenced at 12 inches of depth in Soil Boring 4. The slope is about 5%. The soils at a depth of 12 inches in Test Hole 3 and has a percolation rate of 10 minutes per inch. All neighboring wells are located more than 100 feet away from the proposed treatment area. NOTES: Keep all heavy equipment off the proposed treatment area before and after construction as much as possible. The treatmem area should be marked offbefore construction. With proper installation and maintenance this system should have no problem in treating septic effluent effectively. It is recommended that the septic tanks be pumped every 2 years. MOUND SYSTEM: Flow: 5 bedroom= 150 gallon/day/bedroom 150 x 5 = 750 gallons per day. 750 GPD x 1.00=750 square feet. 10 foot wide rock bed 75 feet long=750 square feet CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: A rubber-tired tractor may be used for plowing or disking to prepare the soil surface but in no case sha11 a rubber-tired tractor be used after the surface preparation is completed. A crawler or tract-type tractor shall be used for mound construction. SO1L SURFACE PREPARATION: The discharge pipe from the pump to the mound area shall be installed prior to soil surface preparation. The trench excavated to install the discharge pipe shall be carefi�lly backfilled and compacted to prevent seepage of effluent. The total area selected for the mound, including that under the dikes, shall be roughened in order to thoroughly break up any existing sod layers and to provide a suitable transition zone between the original soil and sand layer of the mound. The area shall be roughened only when the moisture content of the soil 8 inches below the surface is drier than the plastic limit. Surface preparation or roughening may be performed with a mold board plow, a disk plow, or a back hoe using only the teeth. Mold board plow fiurows shall be at least 8 inches deep, sha11 be thrown up slope and shall run perpendicular to the slope. There shall be no dead furrow under the mound.