From the Ohio department of health, almost one-fifth of
American households depend on septic systems to treat their wastewater. Failure
to maintain a septic system can lead to backups, malfunctions and early
failures that can result is costly repairs. There are 6 steps for constructing a new sewage
treatment system. Below is a list of the 6 steps from the Ohio Department of
Health.
1. Contact
your local health district for specific information on sewage treatment system permitting.
2. Once the permit goes through, the local health district will visit your site
to begin the initial evaluation process. Your designer will base the design on
site and soil conditions, type of project and your county’s code requirements.
Companies and local health districts can provide a list of experts that provide
these services. 3. Your sewage treatment system designer will work with you and
have options of engineered drawings, design calculations and all necessary
supporting documents to evaluate the different system types available for your
lot. Considering most lots can have more than one system design, owners should
look at all systems carefully before making a final decision. 4. Local health
districts will provide a list of local registered sewage treatment system contractors. The owners
should get quotes from registered sewage treatment system contractors and once they have one, obtain
a written contract and make sure all steps of construction and services are
covered. Once a contractor is selected and work on your system begins. 5. A
properly licensed sewage contractor must install the system per the approved
plan. The local health district will perform a final inspection of your system
and approve or disapprove the installation. Your local health district’s role
is to ensure proper system installation that protects your investment in your
sewage treatment system. If installations problems occur, work with the system contractor and your
local health district to resolve installation issues. 6. Last they will make
sure the system operates properly and not create odors or other conditions that
would give exposure to the sewage.
