SC SEPTIC - Questions With Detailed Solutions
APPLICANT Correct Ans - - A property owner, general
contractor or agent representing the property owner, or developer
who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite wastewater
system.
ACCESSIBILITY Correct Ans - S.C. Code Sections 44-55-1410
and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal governments to
determine if a wastewater treatment facility is accessible to
properties. Where annexation or easements to cross adjacent
property are required to connect to a wastewater treatment facility,
the wastewater treatment facility shall not be considered accessible.
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM Correct Ans - A system incorporating
design modifications of the proposed subsurface wastewater
infiltration trench area or geometry for the purpose of achieving
compliance with required setbacks and offset to the zone of
saturation and/or restrictive horizons. No such system shall be
utilized unless the Department has established a specific standard.
ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH PRODUCTS- Correct Ans -
- Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the
aggregate typically utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such
products must be approved for use by the Department and must
adhere to required equivalency values established herein
COLOR CHARTS Correct Ans - Munsell System or equivalent) -
Charts bearing various color chips established by a recognized color
system which use three elements—hue, value, and chroma—to
make up a specific color notation. The notation is recorded if the
form of hue, value, and chroma (e.g. 10YR 5/6). The three attributes
of color are arranged in the system in orderly scales of equal visual
steps, which are used to measure and describe color accurately
, under standard conditions of illumination by comparing soil
samples to color chips on various charts.
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM Correct Ans - An onsite wastewater
system that utilizes a network of conventional wastewater
infiltration trenches installed in the naturally occurring soil for the
treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater.
CRITICAL AREA Correct Ans - S. C. Code Section 48-39-10(J)
defines critical area as the following: 1) coastal waters; 2) tidelands;
3) beaches; 4) beach/dune systems which are the areas from the
mean high-water mark to the setback line as determined in S. C.
Code Section 48-39-280.
CURTAIN DRAIN Correct Ans - A subsurface interceptor drain
that is installed to collect and redirect seasonal groundwater as it
flows through the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE Correct Ans - The
untreated liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids
generated by water-using fixtures and appliances, including those
associated with food service operations. For the purposes of this
regulation, domestic wastewater shall not include industrial process
wastewater.
EFFLUENT Correct Ans - The liquid discharged from a septic
tank, effluent pump station, or other sewage treatment device.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WATERS Correct Ans -
Outstanding resource waters (ORW), Shellfish Harvesting Waters
(SFH), and Trout-Natural Waters (TN) as defined in R.61-68 and
classified in R.61- 69, and including lakes greater than forty (40)
acres in size and the Atlantic Ocean, regardless of their
classifications in R.61-69.
APPLICANT Correct Ans - - A property owner, general
contractor or agent representing the property owner, or developer
who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite wastewater
system.
ACCESSIBILITY Correct Ans - S.C. Code Sections 44-55-1410
and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal governments to
determine if a wastewater treatment facility is accessible to
properties. Where annexation or easements to cross adjacent
property are required to connect to a wastewater treatment facility,
the wastewater treatment facility shall not be considered accessible.
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM Correct Ans - A system incorporating
design modifications of the proposed subsurface wastewater
infiltration trench area or geometry for the purpose of achieving
compliance with required setbacks and offset to the zone of
saturation and/or restrictive horizons. No such system shall be
utilized unless the Department has established a specific standard.
ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH PRODUCTS- Correct Ans -
- Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the
aggregate typically utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such
products must be approved for use by the Department and must
adhere to required equivalency values established herein
COLOR CHARTS Correct Ans - Munsell System or equivalent) -
Charts bearing various color chips established by a recognized color
system which use three elements—hue, value, and chroma—to
make up a specific color notation. The notation is recorded if the
form of hue, value, and chroma (e.g. 10YR 5/6). The three attributes
of color are arranged in the system in orderly scales of equal visual
steps, which are used to measure and describe color accurately
, under standard conditions of illumination by comparing soil
samples to color chips on various charts.
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM Correct Ans - An onsite wastewater
system that utilizes a network of conventional wastewater
infiltration trenches installed in the naturally occurring soil for the
treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater.
CRITICAL AREA Correct Ans - S. C. Code Section 48-39-10(J)
defines critical area as the following: 1) coastal waters; 2) tidelands;
3) beaches; 4) beach/dune systems which are the areas from the
mean high-water mark to the setback line as determined in S. C.
Code Section 48-39-280.
CURTAIN DRAIN Correct Ans - A subsurface interceptor drain
that is installed to collect and redirect seasonal groundwater as it
flows through the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE Correct Ans - The
untreated liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids
generated by water-using fixtures and appliances, including those
associated with food service operations. For the purposes of this
regulation, domestic wastewater shall not include industrial process
wastewater.
EFFLUENT Correct Ans - The liquid discharged from a septic
tank, effluent pump station, or other sewage treatment device.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WATERS Correct Ans -
Outstanding resource waters (ORW), Shellfish Harvesting Waters
(SFH), and Trout-Natural Waters (TN) as defined in R.61-68 and
classified in R.61- 69, and including lakes greater than forty (40)
acres in size and the Atlantic Ocean, regardless of their
classifications in R.61-69.
