That, in turn, can result in a larger soil
absorption field that further reduces the lot acreage available for redevelopment.
The holes for the percolation test were spaced accordingly, and located within the
absorption field. (See Ill.
The soil in the
absorption field is loaded with bacteria, which purify the liquid waste before it makes its way into groundwater.
Your soil absorption system may be called a leach field, leach bed, soil
absorption field, seepage bed or mound, but all act similarly.
* Plant trees or shrubbery in the
absorption field area, because the roots can get into the lines and plug them.
Many considerations suggest the desirability of locating a septic tank, and certainly its
absorption field, up and away from the waterfront.
A conventional on-site wastewater system typically consists of a septic tank followed by a distribution box and soil
absorption field. Conventional on-site wastewater systems use the soil to treat the septic-tank effluent.
This led to the
absorption field problems mentioned briefly at the end of our paper.