During the 2018 summer season, wastewater ponding at the toe of a drainfield alerted the owner of a nonprofit girls camp in Kerhonkson, New York, to a serious problem. The Ulster County Health Department closed the 49,400-gpd system and mandated the wastewater be pumped. The expense was a hardship for a camp funded mainly by donations.
The camp owner hired Eric Murdock, P.E., proprietor of Onsite Engineering in Syracuse, to upgrade the legacy system. The company specializes in designing systems with small footprints.
“In one day, the camp goes from empty to full occupancy for two months — July and August,”
