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Tri-County Pumpers Gillett, LLC
10561 Woodke Road
Gillett, WI 54124
ph: 715-745-2006
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Conventional System
This is one of the more simple systems to install and operate because it is a gravity fed, passive system. Water runs down hill from the residence to a septic tank and down hill from the septic tank into the treatment/disposal area. Conventional systems require the greatest amount (deepest) suitable soil.
In-Ground Pressure System
This system requires a lesser amount of suitable soil, but do require a second tank, (a pump chamber) containing a pump to provide for pressure distribution of the effluent from the septic tank to the treatment/disposal area.
Mound System
Mound type systems require A (horizon) + 4 inches of suitable soil underneath the system and can be installed on soils with a relatively low permeability. These systems are very similar to the In-Ground Pressure Systems in that they utilize a septic tank and a pump chamber in the same way. The difference is that the mound system is installed above ground rather than below.
At-Grade System
At-Grade systems are simply mound systems without the addition of any sand. Simple as that!
The Holding Tank is really not a system at all! It is as simply as it sounds. It is a tank, or series of tanks, that contains all the water used by the structure. The tank contains and alarm system to alert the owner when the tank is full. When the tank is full, the sewage is then pumped by a pumping service and taken to a municipal sewer treatment plant for treatment and disposal.
Most of the above information was taken from the Brown County Zoning website.
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Tri-County Pumpers Gillett, LLC
6699 Yarwood Rd
Gillett, WI 54124
ph: 715-745-2006
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