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Rural, Onsite & Small Community Wastewater & Waste Engineering. Designing Soil Based Systems. Site & Soil Assessment Results. Mapping Unit Wea Soil type at site Wea Gravelly sand at 66 inches 0 - 3% slope At 18 inch depth - loam, moderate structure. Septic System. Leach Field. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Rural, Onsite & Small Community Wastewater & Waste Engineering
Designing Soil Based Systems
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Site & Soil Assessment Results Mapping Unit
Wea Soil type at site
Wea Gravelly sand at 66 inches 0 - 3% slope At 18 inch depth - loam, moderate
structure
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Septic System
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Leach Field
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Wastewater Volume 120 gallons/bedroom 3 bedroom home 3 * 120 = 360 gpd
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Linear Loading Rate Based on nature of limiting condition Gravelly loam (c) 8 - 10 gpd/lf
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Linear Loading Rate
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Basal Loading Rate Based on characteristics at trench
depth (18 inches) Loam, moderate structure (I) 0.6 gpd/ft2
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Basal Loading Rate
gpd/ft2A. Is the horizon gravelly coarse sand or coarser? 0.0B. Is consistence stronger than firm or hard, or any cemented class? 0.0C. Is texture sandy clay, clay or silty clay of high clay content and structure massive or weak, or silt loam and structure massive? 0.0D. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure massive? 0.0E. Is texture sandy clay, clay or silty clay of low clay content and structure moderate or strong? 0.2F. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure weak? 0.2G. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure moderate or strong? 0.4H. Is texture sandy loam, loam, or silt loam and structure weak? 0.4I. Is texture sandy loam, loam, or silt loam and structure moderate or strong? 0.6J. Is texture fine sand, very fine sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy very fine sand? 0.6K. Is texture coarse sand with single grain structure? 0.8
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Soil Absorption System Design Wastewater volume Linear loading rate Basal loading rate
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System Width Long & thin along the contour of lot System width = linear loading rate / basal loading rate
System Width = 10 gpd/ft / 0.6 gpd/ft2 System Width = 17 feet
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System Length As long as possible System length = Wastewater volume / Linear loading rate
System Length = 360 gpd / 10 gpd/ft System Length = 36 feet
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Number of Trenches Backhoe bucket width - 2 ft No. of trenches = System width / Bucket width No. of trenches = 17 ft / 2 ft = 9 trenches
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Soil Absorption System
9 trenches each 2 feet wide
36 feet long
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Site & Soil Assessment Results Mapping unit
Kendallville Soil type at site
Miamian Dense till at 28 inches 2-4% slope Surface horizon - silt loam, moderate
structure
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Mound System
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Wastewater Volume 120 gallons/bedroom 3 bedroom home 3 * 120 = 360 gpd
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Linear Loading Rate Based on nature of limiting condition Moderately dense till (b) 5 - 6 gpd/lf
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Linear Loading Rate
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Basal Loading Rate Based on characteristic of surface
horizon Silt loam, moderate structure (I) 0.6 gpd/ft2
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Basal Loading Rate
gpd/ft2A. Is the horizon gravelly coarse sand or coarser? 0.0B. Is consistence stronger than firm or hard, or any cemented class? 0.0C. Is texture sandy clay, clay or silty clay of high clay content and structure massive or weak, or silt loam and structure massive? 0.0D. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure massive? 0.0E. Is texture sandy clay, clay or silty clay of low clay content and structure moderate or strong? 0.2F. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure weak? 0.2G. Is texture sandy clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam and structure moderate or strong? 0.4H. Is texture sandy loam, loam, or silt loam and structure weak? 0.4I. Is texture sandy loam, loam, or silt loam and structure moderate or strong? 0.6J. Is texture fine sand, very fine sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy very fine sand? 0.6K. Is texture coarse sand with single grain structure? 0.8
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Mound System Design Wastewater volume Linear loading rate Basal loading rate
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Sand Width Long & thin along the contour of lot Abs. Area Width = linear loading rate / sand fill loading rate
Abs. Area fill loading rate = 1 gpd/ft2 Abs. Area Width = 6 gpd/ft / 1 gpd/ft2 Abs. Area Width = 6 feet
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Mound Size
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Sand Length As long as possible Abs. Area Length = Wastewater volume / Linear loading rate
Abs. Area Length = 360 gpd / 6 gpd/ft Abs. Area Length = 60 feet
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Sand Height Sand + soil = 4 feet Sand height = 4 ft - soil depth Sand height = 4 ft - 28 inches Sand height = 48 inches - 28 inches Sand height = 20 inches
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Sand Height down slope Sand height down slope = height upslope + slope * width Sand height down slope = 20 inches + 0.04 * 6 ft Sand height down slope = 20 in + 0.04 * 72 in Sand height down slope = 23 inches
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Overall Mound Size Wastewater distribution system
9 inches on top of sand Aggregate or chambers
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Cover with soil fill Insulate - protect from freezing
12 inches Shed water - crown top
Additional 6 inches Cover soil to prevent breakout at mound
toe Based on basal loading rate
Slope sides for safety when mowing
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Overall Mound Height Mound height =
sand + aggregate + insulating soil fill + crown Mound height = 20 in + 9 in + 12 in + 6 in Mound height = 47 inches at top Mound height at downslope sand edge =
23 in + 9 in + 12 in Mound height at downslope sand edge =
44 inches
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Width to avoid breakout at toe Basal width =
Linear loading rate / basal loading rate Basal width = 6 gpd/ft / 0.6 gpd/ft2 Basal width = 10 feet
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Safety for mowing 3:1 slope Slope drops 1 foot in 3 feet
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3:1 slope
1 ft
3 ft
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Overall Mound Width Mound width =
Abs. Area width + upslope width + downslope width Upslope width = side slope * mound height * slope corr. Upslope width = 3 * 47 inches * 0.89 = 126 inches
Downslope width = side slope * downslope height * slope corr.
Downslope width = 3 * 44 inches * 1.14 = 151 in
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Slope Correction•Slope % •Downslope Corr.
factor
•Upslope Corr. factor
•0 •1.00 •1.00
•1 •1.03 •0.97
•2 •1.06 •0.94
•3 •1.10 •0.92
•4 •1.14 •0.89
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Overall Mound Width Mound width =
Abs. Area width + upslope width + downslope width
Mound width = 6 ft + 129 in + 151 in Mound width = 72 in + 129 in + 151 in Mound width = 352 inches = 29 feet
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Overall Mound Length Mound length =
Abs. Area length + 2 * endslope length Endslope length = 3 * mound height Endslope length = 3 * 47 in Endslope length = 141 inches = 12 feet Mound length = 60 feet + 2 * 12 feet Mound length = 84 feet
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Overall Mound Size 84 feet long along the contour 29 feet wide
covers basal width of 10 feet
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