yspring
2007-11-13, 04:25 PM
One of the restaurants I check on has a failed system. The current system is a grease trap to a septic tank to a small filter bed (maybe 20x50), which discharges to a road catch basin. Where that drains to I have no idea. This was proven by a dye check. Since this place is north of nowhere, sewers are not an option! There is also a 2 br house connected to the system. They have 48 seats and serve mostly American style foods.
The soil is Wetzel soil, which is a silty clay loam and is very poorly drained. It is a nearly level parcel. Seasonal high water table Seasonal wetness and slow permeability limit most non-farm uses. The county does not allow soil based systems to be installed in this soil, but the EPA does not like to allow discharging systems.
If I send them to the EPA, I'm not sure what they'll do... I've seen the EPA approve holding tanks, a $12,000 drip system for a building with almost no use, and more crazy things. I'm convinced they have NO idea what they're doing, but that's another topic for another day! I will eventually have to send them there, but would like to hear from folks what kind(s) of systems they would suggest.
The soil is Wetzel soil, which is a silty clay loam and is very poorly drained. It is a nearly level parcel. Seasonal high water table Seasonal wetness and slow permeability limit most non-farm uses. The county does not allow soil based systems to be installed in this soil, but the EPA does not like to allow discharging systems.
If I send them to the EPA, I'm not sure what they'll do... I've seen the EPA approve holding tanks, a $12,000 drip system for a building with almost no use, and more crazy things. I'm convinced they have NO idea what they're doing, but that's another topic for another day! I will eventually have to send them there, but would like to hear from folks what kind(s) of systems they would suggest.