It is the responsibility of the licensed maintainer to determine if a site has soils suitable for land application of septage. Soils are considered suitable if the following conditions are met:
Characteristic | Minimum Requirement |
Soil texture | At the zone of septage application (surface horizon or injection depth) the soil texture must be one of the following: fine sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, silt, silt loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay |
Surface horizon permeability | If 0.2 inches/hour or less, this soil is suitable only for surface application with incorporation within 48 hours of injection |
Depth to bedrock | 3 feet |
Depth to seasonally saturated soil | 3 feet |
Frequency of flooding | Must not be occasional or frequent |
(Ord. 1, passed 3-25-2015)