Septic System Exam Answered
The application for obtaining a permit shall include - Answer - ✔ The name and address
of the property owner
Location of property
Type of facility to be served
Type of water supply
Number of bedrooms/estimated gallons of sewage flow per day
Soil information
Any facility having occupancy for ___ hours or more must provide an approved on-site
sewage management system - Answer - ✔ 2 hours
What is after completing the application process? - Answer - ✔ A site inspection
Absorption field lengths are generally determined by - Answer - ✔ The number of
bedrooms in the home or estimated gallon per day water usage.
Absorption field depths are determined by - Answer - ✔ The soil conditions on the
property.
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from wells and springs? - Answer -
✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from wells and springs? -
Answer - ✔ 100 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from property lines? - Answer - ✔
10 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from property lines? -
Answer - ✔ 5 feet
Absorption lines installed on property served by individual wells must be how many feet
away from adjacent property lines? - Answer - ✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from bodies of water,
impoundments, streams, or tributaries? - Answer - ✔ 25 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from bodies of water,
impoundments, streams, or tributaries? - Answer - ✔ 50 feet
, What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from ponded wetlands? -
Answer - ✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance a septic tank and absorption fields can be from buildings
with a basement? - Answer - ✔ 10 feet from the foundation
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from a building without a
basement? - Answer - ✔ 5 feet from the foundation.
What is the minimum distance septic tanks and absorption fields can be from trash pits
and embankments? - Answer - ✔ 15 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from a drainage ditch? - Answer -
✔ 15 feet
If the water supply line crosses or comes within 10 feet of the absorption field, the water
supply line should b be - Answer - ✔ Installed at least 12 inches above the top of the
aggregate layer of the absorption field line and encased in single-length larger diameter
water pipe, such as 2" PVC.
What is the minimum distance a septic tank can be from a pressure water supply line? -
Answer - ✔ 10 feet
What is the first component of an on-site sewage management system? - Answer - ✔
The septic tank
How many compartments must the septic tank have? - Answer - ✔ Two compartments
What is the liquid capacity of the first compartment in a septic tank? - Answer - ✔ 2/3
(two thirds)
The minimum liquid capacity of a septic tank for a 1, 2, 3, or 4 bedroom single family
home shall be - Answer - ✔ Not less than 1,000 gallons.
The septic tank capacity shall be increased by how much for each additional bedroom
over four? - Answer - ✔ 250 gallons
What is the septic tank capacity for homes with garbage disposals? - Answer - ✔ The
capacity should be increased by 50%. (1,000 = 1,500)
What is the primary purpose of the septic tank? - Answer - ✔ To provide a means of
settling out of solid matter from the liquid.
Which end of the septic tank should be higher? - Answer - ✔ The inlet
The application for obtaining a permit shall include - Answer - ✔ The name and address
of the property owner
Location of property
Type of facility to be served
Type of water supply
Number of bedrooms/estimated gallons of sewage flow per day
Soil information
Any facility having occupancy for ___ hours or more must provide an approved on-site
sewage management system - Answer - ✔ 2 hours
What is after completing the application process? - Answer - ✔ A site inspection
Absorption field lengths are generally determined by - Answer - ✔ The number of
bedrooms in the home or estimated gallon per day water usage.
Absorption field depths are determined by - Answer - ✔ The soil conditions on the
property.
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from wells and springs? - Answer -
✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from wells and springs? -
Answer - ✔ 100 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from property lines? - Answer - ✔
10 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from property lines? -
Answer - ✔ 5 feet
Absorption lines installed on property served by individual wells must be how many feet
away from adjacent property lines? - Answer - ✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from bodies of water,
impoundments, streams, or tributaries? - Answer - ✔ 25 feet
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from bodies of water,
impoundments, streams, or tributaries? - Answer - ✔ 50 feet
, What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from ponded wetlands? -
Answer - ✔ 50 feet
What is the minimum distance a septic tank and absorption fields can be from buildings
with a basement? - Answer - ✔ 10 feet from the foundation
What is the minimum distance the absorption fields can be from a building without a
basement? - Answer - ✔ 5 feet from the foundation.
What is the minimum distance septic tanks and absorption fields can be from trash pits
and embankments? - Answer - ✔ 15 feet
What is the minimum distance the septic tank can be from a drainage ditch? - Answer -
✔ 15 feet
If the water supply line crosses or comes within 10 feet of the absorption field, the water
supply line should b be - Answer - ✔ Installed at least 12 inches above the top of the
aggregate layer of the absorption field line and encased in single-length larger diameter
water pipe, such as 2" PVC.
What is the minimum distance a septic tank can be from a pressure water supply line? -
Answer - ✔ 10 feet
What is the first component of an on-site sewage management system? - Answer - ✔
The septic tank
How many compartments must the septic tank have? - Answer - ✔ Two compartments
What is the liquid capacity of the first compartment in a septic tank? - Answer - ✔ 2/3
(two thirds)
The minimum liquid capacity of a septic tank for a 1, 2, 3, or 4 bedroom single family
home shall be - Answer - ✔ Not less than 1,000 gallons.
The septic tank capacity shall be increased by how much for each additional bedroom
over four? - Answer - ✔ 250 gallons
What is the septic tank capacity for homes with garbage disposals? - Answer - ✔ The
capacity should be increased by 50%. (1,000 = 1,500)
What is the primary purpose of the septic tank? - Answer - ✔ To provide a means of
settling out of solid matter from the liquid.
Which end of the septic tank should be higher? - Answer - ✔ The inlet
