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aotsr-A^^OAJ-Ce^TAU - <br />CITY OF ORONO 22-2. gez>€^/eaJooli <br />ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT - REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS <br />THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES SHOULD HELP YOU IN REPAIRING YOUR FAILING SEPTIC <br />SYSTEM; <br />1. Syitm‘ii iaitatg becou&e: <br />Poor soil conditions <br />Too much water use for size of system <br />High water table. <br />Sludge getting into drainfield - tanks need repair/replacement <br />Other ruATL^'T nz> kL <br />w <br />Unknown; or a combination of the above factor's. It is not always possible <br />to determine the exact cause of system failure, but those listed are <br />common factors. <br />Tanki - City Code fiiqvUAu Z tankA In a nofvml AA6ldiMticit gfuivlty-iloM aj/a-Cem: <br />1-1000 gallon, 1-750 gallon paecoa-t concAete tanki In acAcea. Theae oAe moumum <br />blzoi - you may vniih to Initalt lanqzfi tanki. Ji you have only 1 tank, -Cm <br />nofmalty AequOted to add a itcond men nepaOUng a ialling iyitem, li you have <br />2 tanki but they axe iubitantlatty undeulzed lSOO-600 gaULom, i(ot Imtance), <br />At li Aecomended that they be Ae^ced. youx Kepalxi will Aequixe a pump, <br />it ihould be placed in a thixd tarUi {500-1000 gallon xecoimended). <br />[T| System will likely require replacement/addition of 1 or more <br />tanks; ___________________________________________________________ <br />A note about pumpi: Pumpi and pump contxoli have out o^ necciiity become bettex <br />deiigned and moAc duxadxte in the t/ut ^ew yeaxi. Neaxty one ieptic iyitem in <br />iSouA initalled in Oxono makti uae o^ a pump, due ^ iite conditioni. A pump may <br />be needed: - when boAement ilpox dxaini ox loweit iewex tine axe below the axea <br />to be uied oa daout^eCd. - in all mound iyitemi, which axe uaed whexe high watex <br />table ox itowly pexcolating ioili axe ^ound. <br />Them am eaentially two typei oi pumpi uied in ieptic iyitemi applicatiom: <br />1. Eiituent pumpi - pump only tiquidi, noxmally uied a^tex the iecond ieptic <br />tank, ox £ox laundxy in the boiement; and <br />2. Gxindex ox iolidi-handling pumpi, uied iox boiement toileti and iometimei <br />initalled in an outiide iump, uhich pump iewage up to ieptic tanki on <br />high gxound. <br />Pump iailumi in the poit have been due moitly to iwitch ^aituxei [coAXoiion <br />ox we‘*xing out) and electxic connection coxxoiion. Both o^ theie pxobtemi <br />have been xeduced by uie o^ coxxoiion-xeiiitent ^toat iwitchei and connectLo <br />boxei. (ilhile pump iailxixei axe tea common than in the poit, a high watex <br />ata/im coiting appAoximctely $75-$100 ii noxmally xequixed whexe a pump ii \ <br />It'i well woxth the pxice i^ it iavei you a coitty boiement cleanup. <br />m <br />uied. <br />Repairs to system will likely require a pump, including a pump tank <br />and alarm system. <br />Page 1 o^ 3