HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-12-06 Septic System Repair Recommendations Pg1aotsr-A^^OAJ-Ce^TAU -
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ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT - REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS
THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES SHOULD HELP YOU IN REPAIRING YOUR FAILING SEPTIC
SYSTEM;
1. Syitm‘ii iaitatg becou&e:
Poor soil conditions
Too much water use for size of system
High water table.
Sludge getting into drainfield - tanks need repair/replacement
Other ruATL^'T nz> kL
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Unknown; or a combination of the above factor's. It is not always possible
to determine the exact cause of system failure, but those listed are
common factors.
Tanki - City Code fiiqvUAu Z tankA In a nofvml AA6ldiMticit gfuivlty-iloM aj/a-Cem:
1-1000 gallon, 1-750 gallon paecoa-t concAete tanki In acAcea. Theae oAe moumum
blzoi - you may vniih to Initalt lanqzfi tanki. Ji you have only 1 tank, -Cm
nofmalty AequOted to add a itcond men nepaOUng a ialling iyitem, li you have
2 tanki but they axe iubitantlatty undeulzed lSOO-600 gaULom, i(ot Imtance),
At li Aecomended that they be Ae^ced. youx Kepalxi will Aequixe a pump,
it ihould be placed in a thixd tarUi {500-1000 gallon xecoimended).
[T| System will likely require replacement/addition of 1 or more
tanks; ___________________________________________________________
A note about pumpi: Pumpi and pump contxoli have out o^ necciiity become bettex
deiigned and moAc duxadxte in the t/ut ^ew yeaxi. Neaxty one ieptic iyitem in
iSouA initalled in Oxono makti uae o^ a pump, due ^ iite conditioni. A pump may
be needed: - when boAement ilpox dxaini ox loweit iewex tine axe below the axea
to be uied oa daout^eCd. - in all mound iyitemi, which axe uaed whexe high watex
table ox itowly pexcolating ioili axe ^ound.
Them am eaentially two typei oi pumpi uied in ieptic iyitemi applicatiom:
1. Eiituent pumpi - pump only tiquidi, noxmally uied a^tex the iecond ieptic
tank, ox £ox laundxy in the boiement; and
2. Gxindex ox iolidi-handling pumpi, uied iox boiement toileti and iometimei
initalled in an outiide iump, uhich pump iewage up to ieptic tanki on
high gxound.
Pump iailumi in the poit have been due moitly to iwitch ^aituxei [coAXoiion
ox we‘*xing out) and electxic connection coxxoiion. Both o^ theie pxobtemi
have been xeduced by uie o^ coxxoiion-xeiiitent ^toat iwitchei and connectLo
boxei. (ilhile pump iailxixei axe tea common than in the poit, a high watex
ata/im coiting appAoximctely $75-$100 ii noxmally xequixed whexe a pump ii \
It'i well woxth the pxice i^ it iavei you a coitty boiement cleanup.
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uied.
Repairs to system will likely require a pump, including a pump tank
and alarm system.
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