Features:

• Current construction, maintenance, and repair methods
• New International Private Sewage Disposal Code
• Up-to-date standards from the American Water Works Association
• And much, much more!

This easy-to-use volume delivers the latest techniques and code requirements for designing, building, rehabilitating, and maintaining private water wells and septic systems. Understandable for any property owner to understand, yet detailed enough for professionals and technical students.

Water Wells and Septic Systems Handbook will guide you through the maze of codes governing the use of water wells and septic systems along with a host of design requirements that ensure their functionality is up to the standards.

This is a must have resource for all property owners, plumbers, drillers, builders, and utility company professionals!

Contents

1. Administration
2. Definitions
3. General Regulations
4. Site Evaluation and Requirements
5. Materials
6. Soil Absorption Systems
7. Pressure Distribution Systems
8. Tanks
9. Mound Systems
10. Cesspools
11. Inspections
12. Referenced Standards
13. Site Evaluation for Water Wells
14. Testing and Protecting Portable Water
15. Drilled Wells
16. Shallow Wells
17. Alternative Water Sources
18. Troubleshooting Well Systems
19. Site Limitations for Septic Systems
20. Septic Designs and Soil Studies
21. Gravel-and-Pipe Septic Systems
22. Chamber-Type Septic Systems
23. Wastewater Pump Systems
24. Landscaping Septic-System Areas
25. Septic-System Maintenance
26. Troubleshooting Septic Systems
27. Low-Cost Septic Systems
28. Low-Cost Well Systems
29. Suggestions for Bidding Jobs
30. Cost Overruns
31. Worksite Safety
32. First Aid
33. Mathematics for the Trade

Index

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