Drainfield definition

Drainfield means the treatment and soil dispersal component of a LOSS consisting of trenches or beds contain- ing either a distribution pipe within a layer of drain rock cov- ered with a geotextile or equivalent covering, or an approved gravelless distribution technology, designed and installed in original, undisturbed, unsaturated soil providing at least min- imal vertical separation as established in this chapter, with pressure distribution of effluent.
Drainfield means a system of open-jointed or perforated piping, alternative distribution units, or other seepage systems for receiving the flow from septic tanks or other treatment facilities and designed to distribute effluent for oxidation and adsorption by the soil within the zone of aeration.
Drainfield means an in-ground or out-of-ground soil absorption field which uses pipes placed in a favorable soil so that sewage effluent from the septic tank can percolate through and into the soil.

Examples of Drainfield in a sentence

  • Drainfield: a system of trenches or beds that distribute treated sewage effluent for subsurface dispersal into the soil.


More Definitions of Drainfield

Drainfield means an "absorption field."
Drainfield means the component of the on-site wastewater system designed to disperse wastewater beneath the surface of the soil.
Drainfield means a Disposal Field.
Drainfield means a soil treatment area.
Drainfield means the treatment and soil dispersal compo- nent of a LOSS consisting of trenches or beds containing either a dis- tribution pipe within a layer of drain rock covered with a geotextile or equivalent covering, or an approved gravelless distribution tech- nology, designed and installed in original, undisturbed, unsaturated soil providing at least minimal vertical separation as established in this chapter, with pressure distribution of effluent.
Drainfield means a subsurface soil absorption system ((consisting of trenches,
Drainfield means that area wherein percolation and transpiration of sewage takes place which includes the leaching lines.