CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM SEPTIC
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!2025/2026|GUARANTEED
Accessible community sewer - ANSWER✅✅Means a public sewerage system where it's
utilization by a given piece of property is not limited because of physical or other features as
determined by the commissioner
Advanced treatment system (ATS) - ANSWER✅✅Means an approved treatment device in
compliance with rule 0400-48-01-10 that is separate and distinct from the disposal field and
is used to improve the quality of septic thank effluent to secondary levels
Agency of government - ANSWER✅✅In the context of public sewerage systems, means
state, county, and municipal government agencies including their subdivisions and utility
districts, but does not include entities regulated by the Tennessee regulatory authority.
Air/Vacuum Relief Valves - ANSWER✅✅Means a device that allows the air in a
distribution system to escape during pressurized flow, and allows air to enter the system
durning depressurized flow
Alternate methods of disposal - ANSWER✅✅Means a subsurface sewage disposal system,
the construction, installation, and operation of which varies from that of a conventional
subsurface sewage disposal system.
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, Blockout - ANSWER✅✅Means a potential access hole which is a think section of concrete
preformed in a septic tank which can be removed to allow insertion of a four to six inch pipe
Boundary outline - ANSWER✅✅Means a map or chart with lines delineating the
boundaries of the proposed area or parcel of land
Buffer zone - ANSWER✅✅Means the distance between subsurface sewage disposal
systems or subsystems required to alleviate the impact of hydraulic overloading from the
adjacent system
Commissioner - ANSWER✅✅Means the commissioner of environment and conservation,
the commissioners duly authorized representative, and in the event of commissioners
absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner
Comventional sand filter - ANSWER✅✅Means a filter with two(2) feet or more of medium
sand designed to chemically and biologically process septic tank or other treatment unit
effluent from a pressure distribution system operated on an intermittent basis.
Conventional subsurface sewage, disposal system - ANSWER✅✅Means a disposal system
that pre-treat sewage by use of septic tank and applies effluent to the soil as described in
rule 0400-48-01-07
Department - ANSWER✅✅Means the department of environment and conservation
Disposal field - ANSWER✅✅Means the part of a subsurface sewage disposal system that
utilizes the soil for absorption and treatment of septic tank effluent
Domestic septage - ANSWER✅✅Means either liquid or solid material. Removed from a
septic tank, cesspool, portable, toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment
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WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!2025/2026|GUARANTEED
Accessible community sewer - ANSWER✅✅Means a public sewerage system where it's
utilization by a given piece of property is not limited because of physical or other features as
determined by the commissioner
Advanced treatment system (ATS) - ANSWER✅✅Means an approved treatment device in
compliance with rule 0400-48-01-10 that is separate and distinct from the disposal field and
is used to improve the quality of septic thank effluent to secondary levels
Agency of government - ANSWER✅✅In the context of public sewerage systems, means
state, county, and municipal government agencies including their subdivisions and utility
districts, but does not include entities regulated by the Tennessee regulatory authority.
Air/Vacuum Relief Valves - ANSWER✅✅Means a device that allows the air in a
distribution system to escape during pressurized flow, and allows air to enter the system
durning depressurized flow
Alternate methods of disposal - ANSWER✅✅Means a subsurface sewage disposal system,
the construction, installation, and operation of which varies from that of a conventional
subsurface sewage disposal system.
1
, Blockout - ANSWER✅✅Means a potential access hole which is a think section of concrete
preformed in a septic tank which can be removed to allow insertion of a four to six inch pipe
Boundary outline - ANSWER✅✅Means a map or chart with lines delineating the
boundaries of the proposed area or parcel of land
Buffer zone - ANSWER✅✅Means the distance between subsurface sewage disposal
systems or subsystems required to alleviate the impact of hydraulic overloading from the
adjacent system
Commissioner - ANSWER✅✅Means the commissioner of environment and conservation,
the commissioners duly authorized representative, and in the event of commissioners
absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner
Comventional sand filter - ANSWER✅✅Means a filter with two(2) feet or more of medium
sand designed to chemically and biologically process septic tank or other treatment unit
effluent from a pressure distribution system operated on an intermittent basis.
Conventional subsurface sewage, disposal system - ANSWER✅✅Means a disposal system
that pre-treat sewage by use of septic tank and applies effluent to the soil as described in
rule 0400-48-01-07
Department - ANSWER✅✅Means the department of environment and conservation
Disposal field - ANSWER✅✅Means the part of a subsurface sewage disposal system that
utilizes the soil for absorption and treatment of septic tank effluent
Domestic septage - ANSWER✅✅Means either liquid or solid material. Removed from a
septic tank, cesspool, portable, toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment
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