One of the other things they have to do is design the new septic system that will go with our house.
We got the plans via email the other day, printed them out and looked at them compared to the property. That wooden stake in the above photo is where the "tank area" will go (see further down).
This shows where the house will be in relation to the septic tank system (next image). The blue circles are the radius of where the water from the spray heads will reach.
They told us it was safe to plant trees and bushes in the area but not a garden, ha. Of course, our garden will be elsewhere, so no issue there.
We will have three tanks. A 500-gallon pre-treatment tank, a 500-gallon aerobic treatment and a 750-gallon pump tank (where the pop-up sprinkler heads will spray water when full).
We also learned that the pop-up sprinkler heads are purple, that's required by law to make it know that it is non-potable water. Of course, I'm worried about mowing over them, so I might have to plan some sort of decorative planting area around them. We'll see!
This is from the PDF that they sent to help us understand how all of this will work. To be honest, we're still a little confused about it all, but 2nd Family at the front has the same type of set up. She said it has worked great and no issues with the spray heads. Except when there is a freeze, then there is a great Winter ice show, ha.
Wow, that is quite a bit different system than we have here in Northern CA. We just have a 1500 gallon tank and about 150' of underground leach line. A totally different system than yours. We do have to pump out the tank every 5 years or so, though. Your system is a LOT more complicated than ours, and needs a lot bigger area. Good thing you have a large property that can handle it.
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