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Board denies request to reduce septic design flow for 2 and 4 Blueberry Drive; requires tank upgrade if constructed
Summary
The Board of Health denied a variance request to use reduced water-usage records to downsize septic design flows for a combined system at 2 and 4 Blueberry Drive. The board also noted that an existing 1989 single-compartment tank must be replaced if the combined system proceeds.
Joseph Sander of Allen Majors Associates presented a proposal to combine and replace septic systems serving 2 and 4 Blueberry Drive and asked the Board of Health to accept reduced water-usage records as the basis for a lower design flow for the proposed septic system.
Sander said meter records show about 50 gallons per day per unit for the elderly-occupied properties and that using those records would yield a design flow of roughly 307 gallons per building (after the standard 200% allowance noted in guidance) and about 1,200 gallons per day for the combined system. He told the board the owner wanted to combine two small elderly-occupancy buildings to capture an…
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