Failing System definition
Failing System means any system that discharges untreated or incompletely treated sewage or septic tank effluent directly or indirectly onto the ground surface or into public waters or that creates a public health hazard.
Failing System means any system which discharges untreated or incompletely treated sewage or septic tank effluent directly or indirectly onto the ground surface or into public waters.
Failing System means any system that discharges sewage to a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell, or leaching pit; and any system with less than three feet of soil or sand between the system bottom of the distribution medium and the saturated soil level or bedrock. In addition any system posing an imminent threat to public health or safety as defined in subpart 19a shall be considered failing. Upgrade requirements for these systems are found under parts 7080.0060, subparts 3 and 4, and 7080.0315 or 7080.0350.
More Definitions of Failing System
Failing System means a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell, leaching pit, other pit, a tank that obviously leaks below the designated operating depth or any system with less than the required vertical separation as described in part [7080.0060 Subp.3] [7080.0160 Subp.16b]
Failing System means a sewage disposal system exhibiting any of these conditions: