Soil Percolation Test
Soil Percolation Test
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Does anyone know where i can access information on simple soil perc tests? I remember an engineer i used to work with carried out a simple test with a spade and a bucket of water with a hole approximately 1m square. Does this ring any bells with anybody?





RE: Soil Percolation Test
RE: Soil Percolation Test
The test in general entails digging a small hole(say 2 feet by 2 foot by 2 foot". The whole is presaturated overnight with no water drop measuements. The next day you measure the volume of water drop and then determine the permeability of the soil in units of gallons/square feet per day. You would be required to meet a minmum percolation. So the more sandier the soils are the higher the rate and thereofre not a concern for septic systems. One note: If your septic field or leach system is close to a slope, you woulkd have to take into account saturating the slopes and therefore reducing the factor of safety of the slope.
Here is a link from Dupage County's percolation procedure as an example.
http://www.dupagehealth.org/ehs/ws/perc.asp
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Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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Some local authorities insist that you have done the Site Suitability Assessment course run by FAS before they'll accept your assessment. Others just require that you are independent and have insurance cover.
I douby half the council staff would know what a percolation test is for. Mmmm .... Isnt it something to do with coffee?