The two-zone drainfield at a private country club in Armonk, New York, was raising eyebrows. Instead of the maintenance staff switching the active zone every six months, the rotation was down to every other month due to the biomat level in the galleys. In December 2023, management approached JMC Planning and Engineering in Armonk and Pecord Excavating in Yorktown Heights to design a solution before members had sewage water all over their golf cleats.
“This was our third project with the club and it’s the largest septic system we’ve installed to date,” says Rich Cordone, P.E., and Pecord’s project manager. “The




















