SEPTIC LICENSE FINAL PAPER 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ ACCESSIBILITY. Answer: 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 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.
◉ ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM. Answer: A system incorporating design
modifications of the proposed subsurface wastewater infiltration trench
area or geometry for the purpose of achieving 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.
◉ ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH PRODUCTS-. Answer: -
Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the aggregate
typically utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such products must
be approved for use by the Department and must adhere to required
equivalency values established herein
, ◉ COLOR CHARTS. Answer: 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 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.
◉ CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM. Answer: An onsite wastewater system
that utilizes a network of conventional wastewater infiltration trenches
installed in the naturally occurring soil for the treatment and disposal of
domestic wastewater.
◉ CRITICAL AREA. Answer: 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 the mean high-water
mark to the setback line as determined in S. C. Code Section 48-39-280.
◉ CURTAIN DRAIN. Answer: A subsurface interceptor drain that is
installed to collect and redirect seasonal groundwater as it flows through
the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
◉ DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE. Answer: The untreated
liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids generated by water-
using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with food
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ ACCESSIBILITY. Answer: 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 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.
◉ ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM. Answer: A system incorporating design
modifications of the proposed subsurface wastewater infiltration trench
area or geometry for the purpose of achieving 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.
◉ ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH PRODUCTS-. Answer: -
Products specifically designed to replace or eliminate the aggregate
typically utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such products must
be approved for use by the Department and must adhere to required
equivalency values established herein
, ◉ COLOR CHARTS. Answer: 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 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.
◉ CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM. Answer: An onsite wastewater system
that utilizes a network of conventional wastewater infiltration trenches
installed in the naturally occurring soil for the treatment and disposal of
domestic wastewater.
◉ CRITICAL AREA. Answer: 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 the mean high-water
mark to the setback line as determined in S. C. Code Section 48-39-280.
◉ CURTAIN DRAIN. Answer: A subsurface interceptor drain that is
installed to collect and redirect seasonal groundwater as it flows through
the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
◉ DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE. Answer: The untreated
liquid and solid human body waste and the liquids generated by water-
using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with food
