Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Septic Tank and Pond Construction

We're a rural community so we built our own septic system, complete  

with septic tanks, lift stations, and evapo-transpiration (ET) beds.   

We worked with our engineer and local health department to get a  

variance from the regs to allow us to combine the flows rather than  

having 24 completely independent systems.  Because local regulations,  

geology, and topography vary considerably, I think you'll have to  

work with your local engineer and health department to explore shat  

might work for you.

Sorry to duck the question in this way, but what we did here would  

probably not have too much relevance for you.  If you think it would,  

I'd be happy to tell you more about our system.

Cheers,
Mac

--
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing  

your temper or your self-confidence."

                            - Robert Frost
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On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:54 PM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:13:07 -0700 (MST)
From: balaji [at] ouraynet.com
Subject: [C-L]_ Septic Tank and Pond Construction
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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/

Re: Septic Tank and Pond Construction	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Mac Thomson (macheartwoodcohousing.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:48:35 -0800 (PST)