System Troubleshooting

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System Troubleshooting

• Scenario Lower CP

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Outline

• Site overview
• Location of failure
• Existing components
• Factors

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Site Overview

• House
• Driveway
• Property lines
• Well/water supply
• Site configuration
• Plat
• Permit/application for repair

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Front yard looking to rear
Trees mark back property line
Property line
Septic Tank
Road Ditch
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Backyard looking to street
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
Property Line
Drain lines
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Side Yard
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
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Backyard looking north to neighbor
Property Line
Drain lines
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Backyard, west property line and ditch
Ditch with trees growing in banks
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Location of Failure

• Location of malfunction
• Frequency of failure
• Duration of failure
• Water usage

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Side yard
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Side yard looking to back and west
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Side yard looking east towards street
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
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Detail from previous
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Backyard looking south east towards street
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Detail from previous
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Backyard looking east
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Existing Components

• Tank(s)
• Distribution system
• Trenches type
• Validation of components (verify the permit)
• Condition of components

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Front yard looking to rear
Trees mark back property line
Property line
Septic Tank
Road Ditch
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Side Yard
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
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Backyard looking to street
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
Property Line
Drain lines
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Factors

• On-site factors
• Off-site factors

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On-Site Factors

• Utilities
• Soils
• Landscape Position
• Landscaping
• Outbuildings shops, garages, pools etc
• Irrigation
• House drainage and runoff (driveway, patios)
• Set backs
• Etc.

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Soil
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Landscape position
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Landscape position
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Landscape features
Trees mark back property line
Property line
Septic Tank
Road Ditch
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Landscape features
Septic Tank
Line to Drain Field
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Landscape features
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Landscape features
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Drainage features
Ditch bottom at 60, water level at 36
Curtain drain outlet at 30
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Road Ditch
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Curtain drain installation
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Off-Site Factors

• Wells
• Landscape position
• Set backs
• Adjacent system
• Adjacent landscaping