Absorption field definition

Absorption field means a configuration of absorption trenches installed in a portion of land and used for the absorption and final treatment of sewage.

Absorption field means a system of open-jointed tiles or perforated pipes laid in a series of trenches or a bed of sand, gravel, and soil, into which the effluent from a septic tank is pumped or flows by gravity for absorption into the soil.

Absorption field means a system of absorption trenches, a seepage trench, or a system of seepage trenches.

Examples of Absorption field in a sentence

• Equivalency FactorBioDiffuser Standard chamber system Example: Assume a 3-bedroom house and a 45-minute percolation rate Then: Absorption field square footage required for a conventional absorption field system from Table DT-2 for a 45-minute percolation rate is 300 square feet per bedroom or 900 square feet for the three-bedroom house.

• Then: Absorption field square footage required for a conventional 36-inch wide absorption field from Table DT-2 for a 45 minute percolation rate is 300 square feet per bedroom or 900 square feet for the three-bedroom house.

• Then: Absorption field square footage required for a conventional aggregate field from Table DT-2 for a 45 minute percolation rate is 300 square feet per bedroom or 900 square feet for the three-bedroom house.

• Absorption field sizing shall be determined by the current sizing chart for Class I effluent in the Department’s Manual for On Site Sewage Management Systems (see Addendum A).

• Absorption field, solid liquid manure holding tank, silage storage pit, cesspool, dry well, or seepage pit or trench, 200 feet.

More Definitions of Absorption field

Absorption field means an area to which wastewater or effluent is distributed for infiltration to the soil.

Absorption field means the area to which sewage is distributed for infiltration to the soil by means of a network of pipes.

Absorption field means the area to which sewage is distributed for infiltration to the soil by means of a network of pipes. A gravelless absorption system is a type of absorption field.

Absorption field means a drainfield, including the application/distribution system, intended for the reuse of reclaimed water.

Absorption field means a subsurface disposal system into which the liquid effluent from either a septic tank or an aerobic sewage-treatment plant is discharged.

Absorption field means a system for distributing septic tank overflow or effluent below the ground surface by means of a series of branch lines of drain tile laid with open joints or other approved pipe so as to allow the overflow or effluent to be absorbed by the surrounding soil.

Absorption field means an absorption system consisting of a series of covered, gravel-filled trenches into which septic tank effluent is discharged through specially designed distribution pipes for seepage into the soil.