Seepage pit definition

Seepage pit means an excavation deeper than it is wide that receives septic tank effluent and from which the effluent seeps from a structural internal void into the surrounding soil through the bottom and openings in the side of the pit.

Seepage pit means an excavation more than three feet deep where the sidewall of the excavation is designed to dispose of septic tank effluent. Seepage pits may also be called "dry wells."

Seepage pit means a drilled or dug excavation, three to six feet in diameter, either lined or gravel filled, that receives the effluent discharge from a septic tank or other OWTS treatment unit for dispersal.

Examples of Seepage pit in a sentence

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• If the percolation rates are…Then use…Uniform,A percolation rate between the mean and most conservative MPI.Not uniform,The most conservative percolation rate.Seepage Pit Rates Seepage pit percolation rates are measured in gallons/square feet/day (referred to as the design Q), and will be determined by a percolation test.

• Seepage pit, drywell, or leaching pit systems are not considered compliant systems as determined in part 7080.1500, subpart 4, item B, but these existing systems may be allowed continued use under Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 5a, paragraph (f), by local units of government that have adopted alternative local standards for these systems under part 7082.0050, subpart 5.Subp.

• Seepage pit (or dry well) means a cistern or underground enclosure constructed of concrete blocks, bricks, or similar material loosely laid with open joints so as to allow the septic tank overflow or effluent to be absorbed directly into the surrounding soil.

• Subd.178) Seepage pit, or leaching pit, or dry well: An underground pit into which a sewage tank discharges effluent and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil.

More Definitions of Seepage pit

Seepage pit means a cistern or underground enclosure constructed of concrete blocks, bricks or similar material loosely laid with open joints so as to allow the overflow or effluent to be absorbed directly into the surrounding soil.

Seepage pit means an absorption system consisting of one or more deep excavated pits, either hollow-lined or filled, utilizing coarse drain media, with a minimum sidewall absorption depth of 48 inches of suitable soil formation below the distribution pipe.

Seepage pit means an excavation or structure constructed below or partially below the water table into which waste or wastewater has or can discharge and from which the waste or wastewater has or can seep into the surrounding saturated soil. A seepage pit is a failed or prohibited system for the purposes of these regulations.

Seepage pit means a covered pit with a porous lining into which wastewater is discharged and allowed to seep or leach into the surrounding soil and is preceded by a septic tank.

Seepage pit means a hole in the ground used to dispose of septic fluids.

Seepage pit means a device comprised of one or more pits extending into porous strata, lined with open-jointed masonry or similar walls, capped and provided with a means of access such as a manhole cover and into which wastewater disposal system effluent is discharged.

Seepage pit means an excavation where the sidewall or bottom is designed to dispose of effluent without the use of pipe or other approved method of distribution.