Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-3-1-.07 - Absorption Fields
(1)
Absorption Area.The absorption area shall be based upon the anticipated volume
of treated sewage and upon the characteristics of the soil in which absorption
fields are to be located as specified in the Manual for On-Site Sewage
Management Systems. Soil characteristics and other related data,
including percolation tests, may be required by the County Board of Health.
Absorption areas shall be classified as follows: aggregate, non-aggregate and
other.
(2) Prior Approved Systems.
Any "prior approved system" as defined in the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated Section
31-2A-11(a)(4)
is approved for installation according to the manufacturer's
recommendation.
(3) Location. No
absorption field will be constructed less than one hundred feet (100') from
existing or proposed wells, springs, or sinkholes; less than ten feet (10')
from water supply lines and buildings with basements and less than five feet
(5') from buildings without basements, other structures, drives, hardscape, and
property lines; less than fifteen feet (15') from an embankment, swimming pool
foundation, drainage ditch or trash pits; not less than fifty feet (50') from
geothermal boreholes and the normal water level of any impoundment, tributary,
stream, or other body of water, including ponded areas of wetlands. If the
water supply line crosses or comes within ten feet (10') of the absorption
field, the water supply line shall be installed at least twelve inches (12")
above the top of the aggregate layer of the absorption line, non-aggregate
absorption line or other absorption line, and shall be encased in a single
length of larger diameter water pipe. No absorption field shall be installed in
areas where groundwater, soil characteristics, or adverse geological formation
may interfere with the absorption or effective treatment of sewage
effluent.
(4) Minimum Design and
Construction for Absorption Fields. Absorption lines and absorption trenches
shall be designed and installed in accordance with the minimum design and
installation criteria set forth in the Manual for On-Site Sewage
Management Systems.
Notes
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