The importance of site assessment in designing effluent disposal areas
(2001) The importance of site assessment in designing effluent disposal areas. In Proceedings GeoEnvironment 2001 Second Australian and New Zealand Conference on Environmental Geotechnics, pages pp. 287-294, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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Abstract
This paper discusses a research project on on-site sewage treatment undertaken in the Brisbane area and will evaluate the treatment performance of on-site effluent disposal systems (septic tanks with absorption fields) and relate them to site and soil conditions. Detailed soil analysis was undertaken to evaluate soil physico-chemical characteristics at the study sites together with a comprehensive evaluation of site and landscape factors. The performance-based approach to domestic wastewater management introduced recently across Australia will result in a process in which site characteristics establish performance objectives for treatment and disposal. In designing and siting an on-site treatment system valuable information is derived not only by soil characterisation and terrain evaluation, but also observing geomorphologic features that are significant in relation to drainage. Soil chemistry can also add value in evaluating difficult sites. The results obtained confirmed the strong site specific nature of effluent renovation.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | on-site sewage, effluent disposal, septic, effluent renovation, soil characteristics |
| Subjects: | 300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300100 Soil and Water Sciences > 300103 Soil Chemistry 290000 Engineering and Technology > 290800 Civil Engineering > 290802 Water and Sanitary Engineering 300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300100 Soil and Water Sciences > 300104 Land Capability and Soil Degradation 300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300100 Soil and Water Sciences > 300101 Soil Physics 290000 Engineering and Technology > 291100 Environmental Engineering > 291103 Environmental Engineering Design |
| ID Code: | 4325 |
| Deposited By: | Goonetilleke, Ashantha |
| Deposited On: | 30 May 2006 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.icms.com.au/geoenvironment/ |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2001 (please consult author) |