| Current guidelines/standards
recommend that septic tanks should be pumped every 2-3
years. Why do you say that your design cycle is
12 years and you recommend a 7-10 clean-out cycle? |
| If the municipality
is responsible for maintaining my clarifier is there an
easement to get access to my tank/laterals? |
| What if my jurisdiction
does not have established easements? |
|
My
existing septic tank is under my deck and my backyard is too
small for another tank. How are you going to install
your tank? Decommission the old one?
The existing
servicing of each dwelling is examined and documented during
initial field surveys within the service area. This information is added to the engineering
drawings and the new infrastructure is designed to best-fit
the property, with the least cost implications. In some
cases, the best solution may be to reroute the internal/external
sewage plumbing to the side or to the front of the home. In
all cases, the old septic tank will have to be decommissioned. This
process involves pumping the old tank, breaking the tank integrity,
and filling it in with sand/earth. In a worst case scenario,
it may be necessary to partially dismantle an existing deck
and rebuild it after the installation is complete. Maintenance
access to the new tank is required. In a few individual
cases, old septic tanks have been removed and replaced due
to various restrictions. This added about $500 to the
unit servicing cost (to pump out, remove and dispose of the
old concrete tank).
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| We have a high
water table. Will your tanks stay submerged? |
| Traditionally
municipal guidelines have the sewer systems in the middle
of the road. Do you require amendments to these guidelines?
If so, to what standard? |
| If the pipe
did clog, how would you find and remove the blockage? |
| How can a 3" pipe
carry the effluent for 300 homes? |
| If we expand
beyond the service area of the area under EA, are we limited
to using SBS™? |
| If you encounter
bedrock, isn't the cost of installing 3" pipe versus
historic pipe almost the same? |
| Does your
system limit wastewater treatment options? |
| If you build
a treatment plant to only perform secondary and tertiary
treatment, what do you do with the septage from the tank? |
| Does your
clarifier produce septage that is worse in any way than
standard septage? |
| We would prefer
not to deal with the sludge through periodic pumping. Is
it better to transport it daily via the historic system
or by a pressurized grinder/vacuum pump system? |
| Will your
sewer system meet our local standards for procurement and
maintenance? What if we don't have a standard? |
| Is your system
approved in Ontario? |
