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SC SEPTIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
- A property owner, general contractor or agent representing the property owner,
APPLICANT or developer who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite
wastewater system.
S.C. Code Sections 44-55-1410 and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal
governments to determine if a wastewater treatment facility is accessible to
ACCESSIBILITY properties. Where annexation or easements to cross adjacent property are
required to connect to a wastewater treatment facility, the wastewater treatment
facility shall not be considered accessible.
A system incorporating design modifications of the proposed subsurface
wastewater infiltration trench area or geometry for the purpose of achieving
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM compliance with required setbacks and offset to the zone of saturation and/or
restrictive horizons. No such system shall be utilized unless the Department has
established a specific standard.
- Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the aggregate typically
ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such products must be approved for
PRODUCTS- use by the Department and must adhere to required equivalency values
established herein
Munsell System or equivalent) - Charts bearing various color chips established by
a recognized color system which use three elements—hue, value, and chroma—
to make up a specific color notation. The notation is recorded if the form of
COLOR CHARTS hue,
value, and chroma (e.g. 10YR 5/6). The three attributes of color are arranged in the
system in orderly scales of equal visual steps, which are used to measure and
describe color accurately under standard conditions of illumination by comparing
soil samples to color chips on various charts.
An onsite wastewater system that utilizes a network of conventional
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM wastewater infiltration trenches installed in the naturally occurring soil for the
treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater.
S. C. Code Section 48-39-10(J) defines critical area as the following: 1) coastal
waters; 2) tidelands; 3) beaches; 4) beach/dune systems which are the areas from
CRITICAL AREA
the mean high-water mark to the setback line as determined in S. C. Code
Section 48-39-280.
A subsurface interceptor drain that is installed to collect and redirect seasonal
CURTAIN DRAIN
groundwater as it flows through the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
The untreated liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids generated
by water-using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with food
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE
service operations. For the purposes of this regulation, domestic wastewater
shall not
include industrial process wastewater.
The liquid discharged from a septic tank, effluent pump station, or other sewage
EFFLUENT
treatment device.
Outstanding resource waters (ORW), Shellfish Harvesting Waters (SFH), and Trout-
Natural Waters (TN) as defined in R.61-68 and classified in R.61- 69, and including
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WATERS
lakes greater than forty (40) acres in size and the Atlantic Ocean, regardless
of
their classifications in R.61-69.
- An onsite wastewater system, which has received final construction approval or
EXISTING SYSTEM -
has been serving a legally occupied residence or structure.
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SC SEPTIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
- A property owner, general contractor or agent representing the property owner,
APPLICANT or developer who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite
wastewater system.
S.C. Code Sections 44-55-1410 and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal
governments to determine if a wastewater treatment facility is accessible to
ACCESSIBILITY properties. Where annexation or easements to cross adjacent property are
required to connect to a wastewater treatment facility, the wastewater treatment
facility shall not be considered accessible.
A system incorporating design modifications of the proposed subsurface
wastewater infiltration trench area or geometry for the purpose of achieving
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM compliance with required setbacks and offset to the zone of saturation and/or
restrictive horizons. No such system shall be utilized unless the Department has
established a specific standard.
- Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the aggregate typically
ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such products must be approved for
PRODUCTS- use by the Department and must adhere to required equivalency values
established herein
Munsell System or equivalent) - Charts bearing various color chips established by
a recognized color system which use three elements—hue, value, and chroma—
to make up a specific color notation. The notation is recorded if the form of
COLOR CHARTS hue,
value, and chroma (e.g. 10YR 5/6). The three attributes of color are arranged in the
system in orderly scales of equal visual steps, which are used to measure and
describe color accurately under standard conditions of illumination by comparing
soil samples to color chips on various charts.
An onsite wastewater system that utilizes a network of conventional
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM wastewater infiltration trenches installed in the naturally occurring soil for the
treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater.
S. C. Code Section 48-39-10(J) defines critical area as the following: 1) coastal
waters; 2) tidelands; 3) beaches; 4) beach/dune systems which are the areas from
CRITICAL AREA
the mean high-water mark to the setback line as determined in S. C. Code
Section 48-39-280.
A subsurface interceptor drain that is installed to collect and redirect seasonal
CURTAIN DRAIN
groundwater as it flows through the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
The untreated liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids generated
by water-using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with food
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE
service operations. For the purposes of this regulation, domestic wastewater
shall not
include industrial process wastewater.
The liquid discharged from a septic tank, effluent pump station, or other sewage
EFFLUENT
treatment device.
Outstanding resource waters (ORW), Shellfish Harvesting Waters (SFH), and Trout-
Natural Waters (TN) as defined in R.61-68 and classified in R.61- 69, and including
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WATERS
lakes greater than forty (40) acres in size and the Atlantic Ocean, regardless
of
their classifications in R.61-69.
- An onsite wastewater system, which has received final construction approval or
EXISTING SYSTEM -
has been serving a legally occupied residence or structure.
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