GEORGIA ONSITE SEPTIC SECTION A QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
When is a facility required to pretreat the waste to reduce BOD5 and
TSS to 200mg/L or below before disposal through a convention or
chamber septic tank system? Correct Answers When the facility
produces a waste stream with BOD5 and TSS higher than 200 mg/L
Is physical development of a property allowed to start if an on-site
sewage management system will be used? What is needed for
construction to start installing an on-site sewage management system.
Correct Answers No. A Construction Permit from the County Health
Department is needed.
List the nine items needed for an application from the County Health
Department. Correct Answers 1. Name and Address of the owner and
applicant (if other than owner)
2.Location of property
3. Plans and Specifications showing the location and design of proposed
system, including surface and subsurface drainage and piping
4. Nature of the facility to be served
5. Location of all water supplies, geothermal borehole, or other utilities
and trash pits on or off the lot, which will bear upon the location of the
system
6. Number of bedrooms in the dwelling, or the number of person to be
served in other types of establishments, or other sewage flow or water
usage data
, 7. Soil characteristics, including soil types and capabilities, frequency
and evaluations of seasonal high groundwater tables, occurrence of rock
and other impervious strata
8. Signature of owner or agent applying for permit
9. Any additional info deemed necessary to determine suitability of the
site
When can a conventional or chamber septic tank system be used on
tracts or parcels of land of three acres or more? Correct Answers If the
percolations rate does not exceed 120 minutes per inch.
What is the maximum design capacity of a conventional or chamber
septic tank system? Correct Answers No less than 1,000 gallons and no
more than 10,000 gallons.
If the county board of health finds the soil evaluation deficient, how any
days do they have to notify the person or entity that submitted the
evaluation? How should it be sent and what should be included? Correct
Answers The notification needs to be sent by mail in writing within 3
business days and include any deficiencies/ measures needed to correct
deficiencies.
Sewers connecting component parts of on-site sewage management
systems shall be of sufficient size to serve ______ Correct Answers
anticipated flow conditions
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
When is a facility required to pretreat the waste to reduce BOD5 and
TSS to 200mg/L or below before disposal through a convention or
chamber septic tank system? Correct Answers When the facility
produces a waste stream with BOD5 and TSS higher than 200 mg/L
Is physical development of a property allowed to start if an on-site
sewage management system will be used? What is needed for
construction to start installing an on-site sewage management system.
Correct Answers No. A Construction Permit from the County Health
Department is needed.
List the nine items needed for an application from the County Health
Department. Correct Answers 1. Name and Address of the owner and
applicant (if other than owner)
2.Location of property
3. Plans and Specifications showing the location and design of proposed
system, including surface and subsurface drainage and piping
4. Nature of the facility to be served
5. Location of all water supplies, geothermal borehole, or other utilities
and trash pits on or off the lot, which will bear upon the location of the
system
6. Number of bedrooms in the dwelling, or the number of person to be
served in other types of establishments, or other sewage flow or water
usage data
, 7. Soil characteristics, including soil types and capabilities, frequency
and evaluations of seasonal high groundwater tables, occurrence of rock
and other impervious strata
8. Signature of owner or agent applying for permit
9. Any additional info deemed necessary to determine suitability of the
site
When can a conventional or chamber septic tank system be used on
tracts or parcels of land of three acres or more? Correct Answers If the
percolations rate does not exceed 120 minutes per inch.
What is the maximum design capacity of a conventional or chamber
septic tank system? Correct Answers No less than 1,000 gallons and no
more than 10,000 gallons.
If the county board of health finds the soil evaluation deficient, how any
days do they have to notify the person or entity that submitted the
evaluation? How should it be sent and what should be included? Correct
Answers The notification needs to be sent by mail in writing within 3
business days and include any deficiencies/ measures needed to correct
deficiencies.
Sewers connecting component parts of on-site sewage management
systems shall be of sufficient size to serve ______ Correct Answers
anticipated flow conditions
