Dosing tank definition

Dosing tank means a tank, compartment or basin that provides for storage of effluent from a septic tank or other treatment unit intended to be delivered to a soil treatment area at a high rate periodic discharge.
Dosing tank means an approved watertight tank, located after a septic tank or other sewage retention device, to receive and retain sewage effluent, and so equipped as to discharge sewage effluent intermittently to a distribution device, either by pump or by siphon.
Dosing tank means a tank equipped with an automatic siphon or pump designed to discharge effluent on an intermittent basis.

Examples of Dosing tank in a sentence

  • Dosing tank (also known as a dosed system or Pressure Distribution System, PDS) is recommended for treatment systems with over 10 or more population equivalents and is preferred where backup power is available in larger systems in lieu of using more than one effluent gravity distribution box.

  • Dosing tank capacity shall not be counted when considering septic tank capacity.

  • Dosing tank shall be demonstrated to be watertight by a 24-hour leakage test (maximum of 1/2-inch rise or fall in 24 hours) or vacuum test.

  • MEMBRANE ELEMENTS MEMBRANE ELEMENTS – Sufficient quantity and arrays to satisfy the output condition of 1000 LPH at 50-75% rejection for the given water quality.e. Antiscalent dosing system : Capacity : 3 lph, MOC : P Antiscalent dosing system : P, Dosing tank : 50 ltrs, Level switch and fittingsf.

  • Dosing tank and septic tank shall be demonstrated to be watertight by a 24-hour leakage test (maximum of 1/2- inch rise or fall in 24 hours) or vacuum test.


More Definitions of Dosing tank

Dosing tank means a watertight receptacle placed after a septic tank or other treatment facility equipped with an automatic siphon or pump.
Dosing tank means a watertight receptacle receiving effluent from the septic tank or another treatment device, equipped with a siphon or a pump designed to discharge effluent.
Dosing tank means a tank equipped with an automatic siphon or pump designed to discharge effluent on an intermittent basis to a subsurface absorption system.
Dosing tank means a tank that collects wastewater and from which wastewater is discharged it into another treatment or dispersal step; equivalent to a dosing chamber.
Dosing tank means a watertight receptacle located between an OWTS treatment unit septic tank or supplemental treatment unit) and a dispersal area equipped with an automatic siphon device or pump designed to discharge wastewater intermittently in the distribution lines in amounts proportioned to the capacity of such lines and to provide adequate rest periods between such discharges.
Dosing tank or “Pump Chamber” means a watertight manufactured container which retains the overflow to or effluent from a septic tank until discharged to a selected point by a pump.
Dosing tank means a tank used for the collection of sewage effluent from a septic or solids tank. The effluent is pumped form the dosing tank to a soil absorption field.