2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Advantages and importance of OSTDS (6) - ANS - simple and effective
- minimal moving parts
- Less environmentally disruptive installation
- treatment alternative to central sewer systems
- groundwater recharge
- relatively low cost
Reality of OSTDS (2) - ANS - no longer considered temporary installations
- permanent approaches
Onsite systems are viable if properly...(5) - ANS - planned
- designed
- installed
- operated
- maintained
Approximate number of Florida septic systems - ANS 2.67 million
Florida housing units - ANS 8.8 million
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, FOG (stands for) - ANS Fats, Oils and Greases - constituents in waste water
FOG problems (3) - ANS clog system
Increases odors
increases BOD
BOD [C] - ANS 420 mg/L
Escherichia coli causes... - ANS gastroenteritis
Salmonella causes... - ANS Salmonellosis
Vibrio cholerae causes - ANS cholera
Percentage of Florida housing units served by septic - ANS > 30%
Florida sewage flow per day - ANS 465 million gallons
approximate number of bacteria in human waste per gram - ANS 10^12 bacteria/1 gram
feces
Indoor water use process that creates MOST use per day - ANS Toilet = 26.7% or ~
18.5gal/day
Indoor water use process that creates most gallons per use - ANS Washing machine = 21.7%
or ~15gal/day
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