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CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC
SYSTEM INSTALLER
Accessible community sewer - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a public sewerage system where it's utilization by a given piece of property is not limited because of physical or other features as determined by the commissioner Advanced treatment system (ATS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Means an approved treatment device in compliance with rule 0400- 48 - 01 - 10 that is separate and distinct from the disposal field and is used to improve the quality of septic thank effluent to secondary levels Agency of government - CORRECT ANSWER - In the context of public sewerage systems, means state, county, and municipal government agencies including their subdivisions and utility districts, but does not include entities regulated by the Tennessee regulatory authority. Air/Vacuum Relief Valves - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a device that allows the air in a distribution system to escape during pressurized flow, and allows air to enter the system durning depressurized flow Alternate methods of disposal - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a subsurface sewage disposal system, the construction, installation, and operation of which varies from that of a conventional subsurface sewage disposal system. Blockout - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a potential access hole which is a think section of concrete preformed in a septic tank which can be removed to allow insertion of a four to six inch pipe Boundary outline - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a map or chart with lines delineating the boundaries of the proposed area or parcel of land
Buffer zone - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the distance between subsurface sewage disposal systems or subsystems required to alleviate the impact of hydraulic overloading from the adjacent system Commissioner - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioners duly authorized representative, and in the event of commissioners absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner Comventional sand filter - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a filter with two(2) feet or more of medium sand designed to chemically and biologically process septic tank or other treatment unit effluent from a pressure distribution system operated on an intermittent basis. Conventional subsurface sewage, disposal system - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a disposal system that pre-treat sewage by use of septic tank and applies effluent to the soil as described in rule 0400- 48 - 01 - 07 Department - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the department of environment and conservation Disposal field - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the part of a subsurface sewage disposal system that utilizes the soil for absorption and treatment of septic tank effluent Domestic septage - CORRECT ANSWER - Means either liquid or solid material. Removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable, toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment Works, that receive only domestic sewage domestic septage does not include liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool or similar treatment works, that receives either commercial wastewater or industrial waste water, and does not include grease trap at a restaurant. Dosing chamber - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a water tight receptacle which house is a sewage effluent pump or siphon and stores sewage effluent from a septic tank until it is pumped, or dosed to a disposal field.
Installer of subsurface sewage disposal systems - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a person who contracts or otherwise installs constructs alters, or extends a subsurface sewage disposal system Lot - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a part of a subdivision or a parcel of land intended for the building of a single house,building or other development wear a subsurface sewage disposal system is to be used Maintenance providers - CORRECT ANSWER - Means individuals who provide routine or periodic action to ensure proper system performance for systems authorized by these rules Manufacturer - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the company or its authorized representative, producing a proprietary product Miscellaneous land types - CORRECT ANSWER - means areas on the earths surface that are non-soil, (rocks, water, etc.) and soil's that are difficult or impossible to classify and soil series(filled land, graded land, gullied land, paved areas, etc) Packaged subsurface drip disposal (SDD) - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a pre-engineered SDD system or ATS/SDD system that has been approved by this department for a definite set of site criteria Percolation rate - CORRECT ANSWER - rate at which water moves through soil by percolation test Percolation test - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a method of determining the usability of an area for a subsurface sewage disposal by testing for the rate at which the undisturbed soil in a series of test holes of standard size will absorb water per unit of surface area permit - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a written authorization issued by the commissioner licensing, one of the following: the construction alteration, extension, or repair of a subsurface sewage, disposal system, or the removal and disposal of accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage, disposal systems, including those engaged in such businesses
Plat - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a map or other graphic representation, drawn to scale of a piece of land subdivided into lots showing streets, waterlines, lot lines, etc. Positive drainage plan - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a plan by which all free water, both surface and subsurface is removed from an area by gravity Pressure compensating, drip emitters - CORRECT ANSWER - Means drip emitters that discharge water out of an orifice at a constant rate over a range of operating pressures Privy - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a structure and or excavation for the disposal of human excreta by non-water carriage methods Public sewerage system - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the conduits, sewers and all devices and appurtenances by means of which sewage is collected,pumped,treated , and ultimately disposed of at a wastewater treatment plant all of which are owned and operated by a municipality, utility District, or other legally constituted agency of government. systems permitted through TCA title68 chapter 221 part 4 are not public sewerage systems recirculating gravel filter (RGF) - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a type of gravel filter waste water treatment system that utilizes and effluent recycled system, where a portion of the filtered effluent is mixed with septic tank effluent in a recirculation/dilution tank, and re- distributed to the filter Relief line - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a closed pipe, laid on an undisturbed section of ground that conveys septic tank effluent from one trench to the subsequent trench on a lower elevation Restriction - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a limitation on the use of properties where subsurface sewage disposal systems are proposed
across to several hundred feet across. The bottom of a sink most commonly consist of soil formed of materials that rolled or washed from the surrounding area, and has slopes, which are generally, nearly level to undulating. slope or grade - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the rate of fall or rise of a pipeline or of the ground surface in reference to the horizontal plane Soil absorption rate - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the rate in minutes per inch that clean water is absorbed by or drains through a soil during least favorable, climatic conditions when soil's are at or near field capacity soil evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the systematic examination of soils in the field, and or in laboratories, their description and classification, the mapping of kinds of soils miscellaneous areas, showing the distribution of soil's in relation to the physical, cultural and special features of the earths surface and the interpretation of the soil's and site characteristics for their suitability for subsurface sewage, disposal or to determine if the areas are eligible for percolation tests the mapping is either general high intensity, or extra high intensity Soil incorporation - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the disking or plowing of the soil at a domestic septage disposal site within six hours of land application of domestic septage, so that no domestic septage is present on the surface of the soil Soil injection - CORRECT ANSWER - Means the injection of domestic septage below the surface of the soil Soil map - CORRECT ANSWER - A map showing the size shape and distribution of the various kinds of soil in relation to other physical and cultural features on the earths surface. There are three kinds of Soil Mabs. They are general high intensity and extra high intensity. General soil map - CORRECT ANSWER - a second order survey made for intensive land use that requires detailed information. Map scale 1 inch equals 100 feet. Minimum size map delineations shall be 2500 sqft
high intensity soil map - CORRECT ANSWER - A first order survey made for very intensive land use that requires very detailed soils information that requires very precise knowledge of soils and their variability, such as individual building sites. Map scale shall be 1 inch equals 100 feet. Minimum size delineation is 625 sqft Extra high intensity soil map - CORRECT ANSWER - A soil map that is the same as high intensity soil map except the scale may be 1 inch equals 100ft or 1 inch equals 50ft. The minimum size delineation is 100 sqft. These maps have more cartographic detail than high intensity maps Soil map unit - CORRECT ANSWER - An abstract model of a soil taxonomic unit or miscellaneous land type that has a set of distinguishing soil characteristics that set it apart from all other soil map units Soil map unit delineation - CORRECT ANSWER - means an area on a soil map that represents a kind of soil or miscellaneous land type that occupies an area on the earths surface. There may be several map unit delineations of one soil map unit Soil series - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of very similar soils that have one or more soil characteristics that distinguishes that soil from all other soil series. As used in these regulations, a soil series is one that has been recognized by the natural resource conservation service in Tennessee. Soil variant - CORRECT ANSWER - A soil that has one or more distinguishing soil characteristics and soil properties that prevent soil from being classified in any soil series that has been recognized by the natural resource conservation service in Tennessee. I soil variant requires use and management significantly different from the soil from which the variant is named. Also behavior different from the soil series for which the variant is named can be expected. Spring - CORRECT ANSWER - A point where water naturally issues from the ground surface Storage facility - CORRECT ANSWER - Means a receptacle which is designed to receive and retain septage prior to disposal win. The disposal site is not accessible.
