A contractor was subdividing agricultural land in Joplin, Mo., but soil limited onsite system options to drip distribution. Three-bedroom homes required 1,800 feet of drip tubing, which meant the drainfield would occupy about one-quarter of the one-acre lots. Missouri’s sanitary code specifies reserving equal space for a replacement drainfield.The Jasper County Health Department was working with Theo Terry, manager of technology for Ring Industrial Group in Oakland, Tenn. The company had developed a new MD5 pressure distribution geosynthetic aggregate drainage bundle and was looking for a test site. The worst of the subdivision lots was chosen for the MD5 drainfield
