Entries Tagged Soil Treatment

Consistence describes how easy it is to deform or break up the soil. Consistence is used to determine if the soil contains...

Soil color is often used to determine seasonal high water table (SHWT) for system design. The soil treatment area bottom (or infiltrative...

While soil texture describes the percentage of each size class (sand, silt and clay), soil structure is the organization of these individual...

Soil texture refers to the percent of sand, silt and clay in the soil. Most soil descriptions follow the United States Department...

What property owners do around their tanks and pretreatment units and over their soil treatment area can greatly impact the accessibility and...

To ensure a properly functioning soil-based septic system, a suitable vegetative cover must be established. Proper plantings on soil treatment systems will...

One key part of any site evaluation for location of a soil treatment area is the description of the soil profile. As...

We continually receive questions about the biomat and how to best control the formation to provide both treatment of septic tank effluent...

Washed rock is used as distribution media in soil treatment area, media filters and in interceptor drains. It is obtained from quarries...

As an onsite installer, you know the value of soil. You work in all types of soil and rely on it to...

Across the U.S., there are two common approaches to determine how large a soil treatment area, or STA, should be: soil morphology evaluations,...

As an onsite installer, you know the value of soil. You work in all types of soil and rely on it to...

Many researchers and onsite professionals have long recognized the benefits of periodically resting all or parts of a drainfield to restore soil...

Soil erosion has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the No. 1 source of water-quality degradation and pollution. It...