Cohousing-L Mailing List: Septic Tank and Pond Construction

[balaji (balaji]

Dear All,

Have any of you in already established cohousing and/or ecovillage
settlements dealt with septic tanks?  Our community will use a cluster
housing approach, probably in duplexes and triplexes.  There could be as
many as ten clusters.  Will one tank for each cluster be sufficient, and
if so, what size?  What about the aborption field -- how should it be
oriented with respect to the clusters?  Do any of you have site plans (for
your own communities) which lay out the plumbing/septic systems?  (Love to
see them, if so.)

On the matter of pond construction, any advice would be most welcome,
especially concerning site selection.

Thanks very much,


Charles
Tuscaloosa Cooperative Association
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tuscaloosa_community/