SERVICING THE HOME 



organic matter is destroyed. A septic-tank 

 installation consists of four parts: first, the 

 house sewer from house to tank; second, the 

 sewage tank, consisting of one or more chambers ; 

 third, the sewer from tank to distribution field; 

 fourth, the distribution field where the sewage 

 is distributed, sometimes called the absorption 

 field. Plans for sewerage construction may 

 be obtained from state and local boards of 

 health and from federal health and agricultural 

 agencies. 



The Rural Engineering Department of the 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 

 recommends that the septic tank have a capacity 

 adequate to hold all the water used by the family 

 for two entire days. For a family of six persons 

 the inside dimensions of the tank should be 

 4 feet in width with a length of 4 feet in the first 

 chamber and 3 feet in the second chamber. The 

 depth of water should be 4 feet, giving the tank 

 a capacity of over 600 gallons, thus allowing 

 100 gallons for each person during the forty- 

 eight-hour period. The entire tank will be 4 feet 

 wide, 8% feet long and 6M feet deep. 



Septic tanks are usually built of solid concrete, 

 concrete blocks or brick, waterproofed on the 

 inside to prevent escape of the contents except 

 through the outlets described. These outlets 

 should be 100 to 150 feet away from any source 



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