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HOME SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS (VIRGINIA)
System
General
Description
Positive
Negative
System
Components
Conventional
(In ground)
On-site
Subsurface
May need pump-depends on house location
Good history
Most economical
Need 36" suitable soil
Need area for reserve
Septic tank
D-Box
Drainfield
Conventional
(In ground) +
Pre-treatment)
On-site
Subsurface
Needs pretreatment unit
Allows development Need 30" suitable soil
Need area for reserve
Cost
Pretreatment problems
Septic tank
D-Box
Drainfield
Pretreatment unit
Low pressure dist (LPD) On-site
Subsurface
Up or down slope to house
Requires lee area
Dosed system will last longer
Need suitable soil
Need area for reserve
Possible pump problems
Possible line clogging
Septic tank, pump pump system, distribution field
Drip disposal
(Perc-rite)
(Whitewater)
On-site
Subsurface
Up or down slope to house
Requires less area
Installed by plowing
Contour not an issue
Needs suitable soil
Need area for reserve
Possible pump & control panel problems
Cost
Septic tank, pump system, control panel/
disc filter pressure drip field
Shallow placed D.F. On-site
Subsurface
Effluent is pretreated
Not a discharge
Allows development
Need 30" to rock
Need 24" to water table
Possible pretreatment maintenance
Cost
Septic tank, pump system,
D-box, shallow drainfield pretreatment unit
Puraflo Peat Moss system

Up or down slope to house

Cleared experimental status

Requires small area

Less stringent soil

Seem to be working very well

Comes as package

Need 100% reserve area

Possible pump problems

Slope limitations

Cost

Septic tank, pump system, peat units, small drainfield
Spray Irrigation On-site

Up or down slope to house

Sprays on ground surface

Wooded sites are better

Only need 12” soil

Has required buffers

Pre-treated

Chlorinated

Need a large lot - 4 acre +

Requires monitoring

Slope limitations

Possible pump maint.

Septic tank,
pump system, pretreatment unit, spray field
Alterntive Discharge (Sandfilter) (ATU) (Combined) Discharge system

Need General Permit from DEQ

Requires maint. and monit. contract

No soil requirements Need discharge channel ditch or stream

Possible future maint.

Cost

Septic tank, pump system, treatment unit, chlorination, post aeration
Aquarobic Filter Bed **Experimental

Up or down slope to house

Construction permit only

Only need 12” soil
Need 100% reserve

Slope limitations

Possible pump problems

Cost

Aquarobic ATU, pump chamber, sand mound

(Courtesy of Greenway Engineering, Winchester, VA 540-662-4185)


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