Committee weighs loading rates and reserve-area requirements for step systems
Members debated whether to mirror CUD guidelines (more conservative loading and larger reserves) or to adopt a county standard closer to TDEC minimums; presenters recommended a balanced approach with site-specific soils mapping and asked the committee to avoid blanket 100% reserve requirements without evidence of local failure rates.
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Committee members discussed two regulatory tradeoffs that determine whether decentralized step systems are practical on specific lots: the allowable soil loading rate and the required reserve area for land application.
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