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An Abridged History of On-Site Wastewater
Early Years to Present
Prepared by Steve J. Steinbeck , P.G. (ret.)2004Prepared by Steve J. Steinbeck , P.G. (ret.)2004Revised by Barbara Hartley Grimes, PhD. 2005Revised by Barbara Hartley Grimes, PhD. 2005
OnOn--Site Wastewater SectionSite Wastewater SectionDivision of Environmental HealthDivision of Environmental Health
NC Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesNC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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The Big Questions? Where & How?The Big Questions? Where & How?
Where and How to dispose of waste and sewage has been the bane of mankind since the beginning of time.
Evolution of Sewage Treatment
Tales of De-urbanization & urbanization
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Antiquity to the Modern WorldDomestic Wastewater Treatment
• Nomadic Period – Moving People ~10,000 - 3500 B.C.E.
– Moving tribes
– Soil Treatment
• Ancient World – Moving Waste ~ 3500 B.C.E. – 500 C.E.
– Various Waste Technologies
– Bury it, flush it , sewers, public conveniences, port-a-potties, pay toilets, modesty capes
– Urbanization (e.g. 62,000 people /sqmi)
– Economic differences / facilities within cities
– Improved hygiene to a point
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The Early Years of Sanitation–Ancient World –LAWS e.g.
Mosaic Law of Field Sanitation (BCE 1300)
Deuteronomy 23:13“When thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt take a shovel and dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee”
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Ancient World Moving Waste
• Roman Toilet Private LatrineAnd Public To ‘Flush’
Elaborate lines To the water
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The Early Years of SanitationAncient World.
• Early Roman Law – (governing chamber pots) 500 BCE
– Dejecti Effusive Act• A person shall be fined and pay
damages to the injured party for throwing or pouring “missiles of mirth” out an open window and hitting someone.
• Note: Law only applied during daylight hours.
• Note: Does not cover soiled clothes.
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Antiquity - Modern WorldDomestic Wastewater Treatment
• In the Middle Ages- “Dark Ages” ~500 C.E.-1500 C.E.
– (ex. Fall of the Roman Empire) urban societies to rural societies
– Reduced population density --traditional methods disposal
– Demise in sanitation
– Return of the “outhouse”, open trenches, chamber pot - at all levels of society
– However Mesopotamia, Babylonia inventions battery, flush toilet, etc… …
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The Early Years of SanitationMiddle Ages / Dark Ages
• Medieval Houses - Toss it out of the house!• Medieval Castles- B.C.E. 500
• Don’t Swim in the Moat
(Free-fall privies overhung moats)
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Modern WorldDomestic Wastewater Treatment
• In the Modern World –Early to Late Modern~1500 – 1900’s C.E.
• Early modern – Europe - Little change
• These practices brought to the new world “Throw wastes outside the fort”
• Epidemics!
• 1900’s waste treatment practices
• Waste Treatment Diversifies?
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The Early Years of SanitationModern World
• Law of King Richard II (circa 1800)– Statuto quo nul ject
dung• Writ that no one is to
dump dung• Note: Repealed 1856
• Public Health Act of 1848 England– Every house shall have
a sanitary method for sewage (Toilet, Privy, Ash Pit)
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The Early Years of SanitationModern World
"Moule's Patent Earth Commode" Pat. 1869From A Sign
Things to be observed: The Earth must be dry and sifted. Sand must not be used. Rise from the seat QUICKLY! No "slops" must be thrown down. Before using,
let one fall of earth be in the pail.
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The Early Years of SanitationModern World - Terms
• Plumbing; from the Latin term ‘plumbus’for lead. Romans used lead pipe for waste drains (also clay, wood).
• Plumber; skilled worker in lead.• Sewer; Means “seaward” in Old English.
– Open drains became tubular with water supplies to eliminate cleaning
– Flush toilet in Europe
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Water Carried Waste
• Sir Thomas Crapper (Actually by Albert Giblin in 1819)– Development of the
Siphon Flush Toilet
• Jean-Louis Mouras– Development of Les
Fosse Septique or Septic Tank (Circa 1860)
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The Privy Arrives in NC• Rockefeller Program (1900’s)
– A Privy at Every School– Became First Public Health
Program in NC & the Start of LHDs and NC State Board of Health
-Guilford-1st county health department
• Works Progress Administration (1933-45)
– Privy Reconstruction
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The Privy Law in NC• NC Law (Circa 1919)
– “Every residence located within 300 feet of another residence must have an improved privy of a type approved by the NC State Board of Health.”
(300 feet = How far a hookworm can crawl from the “source”)
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Septic Systems: The Early Years• 1920’s USDA Published Rural Sanitation Guides• 1940-50’s USPHS basic research on
Septic Systems• 1950-60 Manual Of Septic System Practice• 1970’s Environmental Movement• 1980 EPA On-Site Wastewater Management
Manual• 2000’s EPA Decentralized Wastewater
Manual/Web/etc.
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Rural Sanitation in NC
• Rural Electrification– Change from Water by
the Bucket Full to Electrical Pumps in Wells
• Indoor Plumbing– Bathrooms added to
Rural Homes
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Rural Sewage Systems in NC
• Pre-WW II Rural Residents Advised
by Farm Agencies on Septic System Installation with No Siting or Soil Criteria.
s• No Laws or Rules
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Early NC Regulatory Program• 1957 Law Required Local
Board of Health Regulations– Permits-contractor sewage
disposal record
• State Board of Health– Percolation ‘Perc’ Test
• 1976 First full time OSW Program Employee
Steve Steinbeck
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NC Laws for OSWS in the 1970’s
• Ground Absorption Act of 1973
– Site Evaluation– Improvement Permit– Certificate of Completion– OSWS Permits Required
Before Other Construction Permits
– Limit Electricity/cut off
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NC Laws for OSWS in the 1980’s
• Ground Absorption Act of 1981 – Responsibilities
Change >3000GPD– Management of OSWS
• System Classification• Operation
Requirements
– Enabling Legislation for Rules Detailed
– Legal Remedies• Revocation &
Suspension of Permits • Civil Penalties• Injunctive Relief• Criminal Misdemeanor
– Experimental and Innovative Systems
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NC Laws for OSWS in the 1990’s
• 1995 Amendment– Three Tier Permit
• Improvement Permit
– Site Approval• Construction
Authorization– Design Approval
• Operation Permit– Installation
Approval
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NC Research & Demonstration • 70-80’s TJ COG
Individual Wastewater System Project- trench shapes – push for marginal soils
• 80’s LPP and Mound Studies• 80’s Early Fate and Transport
Studies pathogen & nutrients• 80’s NC Septage Management
Study• 2000’s Fate, Transport,
TransformationIndicators, Systems, Emerging Contaminants , Tracking… ..
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NC Rules for OSWS
• From 1977 ----------
• Good Decades!
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NC Rules for OSWS• Modern Era Rules
– 1 July 1977• Site Evaluation
(Technical Guide) • Suitability Classes (3)• Using ‘Perc’ Tests• Increased Setbacks• LTAR Based on Site
Classification (3) • Sanitary T cast or not
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NC Rules for OSWS• 1979 Two-Compartment Septic
Tank Required- Solid baffle wall slotted at
mid-point
- Placed so that inlet compartment is 2/3 the liquid capacity
- Reduced solids and made a stronger Septic Tank
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NC Rules for OSWS
• 1 July 1982--------today continues to be modified
– Complete Rewrite of 1977 Rules
– NO ’Perc’ Tests
– Site Evaluation Revised (more specific soil criteria)
– Repair Area Required
– LTAR Reduced & Based on Texture of Soil (wider range)
– Design Flows Reduced
– LPP System Added to Rules
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NC Rules for OSWS• Amendments to ‘82
Rules (ongoing)– LPP & PPBPS
Modified Systems– Fill Systems (New &
Existing prior 1977)– Aerobic Treatment
Units (ATU)– O & M Required
– Restrictive Horizons-clarified– Saprolite Option– Monitoring & Modeling for
Soil Wetness (.1942)– I & E Systems– More forthcoming (accepted
systems)
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NC Rules for OSWS• 1999 Effluent
Screens/Filters Required/Risers– Risers if 6” under– Tank Tags & Markers– Screen 1/16 in. (solids)– Installed to allow routine
maintenance– Designed to require O &
M not less than a 3 year frequency
– Cast in place T’s removed
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Other Laws Affecting OSWS• 1974-Coastal Area
Management Act (CAMA)
• 1983-Septage Program Established In Solid Waste Division (DENR)
• 1985- Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)
– Rules Review– Hearings
OTHER LAWS
• Wetlands
• Stormwater/Riparian Buffers
OTHER REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
• DWQ/EPA - TMDL’sTotal Maximum Daily LoadsBasinwide Planning, etc…
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Future of OSWS?
• Law and Rule Amendments– Licensed Installers– Enhanced O & M– Improved QA/QC– Tort Reform
• Better Training and Education
• Performance vsPrescriptive
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Remember (SJS)1. 1. Every day above Every day above
ground is a great ground is a great day. day.
2. Live each day so 2. Live each day so that when you that when you are gone your life are gone your life will have will have mattered.mattered.
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Future of Wastewater Management ?
Striving Healthy,
Clean Water