1982-12-15 Contractor Letter, Corrections to Septic System

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m Widmet '0 P.O. BOX 218 SPRING PARK, MN. 5S384 ei2f471-8503 December 15,1982 Mr. & Mrs. Ken Daniels 2905 Fox Street Long Lake, MN 55356 3 9 l-o .j li ! i DEC 1 T 1982 1 Mr. & Mrs. Daniels, In the summer of 1977 we were contacted by you to correct a sewage surfacing problem. After a percolation test and site evaluation done by Carl Borg it was submitted to the City of Orono for approval. After some discussion and minor changes, a permit was Issued to us on September 15,1977, to install a new drainfleld. After several inspections, while work was in progress, it was approved and accepted that the drainfleld was Installed as designed. Sometime in the summer of 1982 the City of Orono made us aware that water from the drainfleld was running onto the street. After much discussion as to how to correct the.existing problem it was determined to install a mound system. After a design, approved by the City of Orono, a permit was issued to install this system. We were issued this permit August 16,1982 and began work shortly thereafter. Mr. Gaffron, the city inspector, made numerous in spections at various stages of the project. On December 10,1982 1 was told that the mound was overflowing. After much tliought as to why this was happening, 1 contacted Mrs. Daniels on Monday December 13, to inform her. After discussing it with her, I suggested to check the line where the plumbing leaves the house. We found tv.o lines, one being a 6” line, the other a 4" line. After further checking we discovered the 4" was for laundry and the 6" was for the bathrooms. After the water stopped running in both lines for about 15 minutes, we checked a manhole at the out let of your septic tank. At this point we expected to find that there wasn't any water running out of the tank. Surprisingly there was still quite a little water running. This was rather surprising since there wasn't any water being used in the house. At this point, I discussed with Mrs. Daniels, that I thought there might be water running through the tank which is not being drained from the house. I proposed to stop by early the next morning and check this same manhole at the outlet of the tank. This morning, December 15, I stopped by at 4:45 A.M. and found the water was still running. There Were no lights on in the house that 1 could see, so I assumed no one was up and therefore not any water was being used. I am of the opinion that the mound system would be adequate for your house. .V;• s