Entries Tagged Mound System

When I started working in the industry, about the only time you saw a pressure distribution system was in the bed of...

To the editor:I have noticed in a number of recent articles that the onsite sewage treatment industry is moving toward very wide...

You’d think when installer Doug Fellner gets a call to replace a burned-out effluent pump in a pressure dose system, the first...

Another important concept of mound design is absorption width, the width of original soil under the sand layer that is required for...

One question that comes into play when designing mound systems is, how large should the bed be? In Minnesota we have continued...

One of the critical factors in mound design is the sand specification for the clean sand layer. This will determine the dimensions...

Before determining where to place a mound system, it is probably a good idea to have a picture of the general mound...

A reader submitted a question recently asking why there was not design guidance for mound systems loaded by gravity. The easy answer...

I remember as a young boy using the outhouse on my grandmother’s farm. She had indoor plumbing by that time, but the...

In previous articles we have discussed how to prepare the natural soil surface for installation of an aboveground system, whether an at-grade...

This month we continue to address some issues we have seen with installation of mound systems, causing some installers to question whether...

As we travel around the country, we often talk to installers about aboveground systems. We explain how soil treatment mound systems and,...

A ruling by the Door County (Wis.) Sanitarian Department to remove steel holding tanks more than 20 years old left owners of...