Septic system

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025251",
  "term": "Septic system",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Septic System",
  "definitions": [
    "1. An on-site system designed to treat and dispose of domestic sewage. A typical septic system consists of a tank that receives waste from a residence or business and a system of tile lines or a pit for disposal of the liquid effluent (sludge) that remains after decomposition of the solids by bacteria in the tank; must be pumped out periodically.\n\n2. An onsite system designed to treat and dispose of domestic sewage; a typical septic system consists of a tank that receives wastes from a residence or business, and a system of tile lines or a pit for disposal of the liquid effluent that remains after decomposition of the solids by bacteria in the tank.\n\n3. An on-site system designed to treat and dispose of domestic sewage. A typical septic system consists of tank that receives waste from a residence or business and a system of tile lines or a pit for disposal of the liquid effluent (sludge) that remains after decomposition of the solids by bacteria in the tank and must be pumped out periodically.\n\n4. A septic system is used to dispose of human sanitary waste or effluent from dwellings, businesses, community centers or other places where people congregate. They include a septic tank and a subsurface fluid distribution system. The UIC requirements do not apply to single family residential septic systems or to non-residential septic systems which are used solely for the disposal of sanity waste and have the capacity to serve fewer than 20 people a day.\n\n5. Well that is used to emplace sanitary waste below the surface and is typically comprised of a septic tank and subsurface fluid distribution system or disposal system.\n\n6. On-site system designed to treat and dispose of sewage.\n\n7. Septic System is an on-site system designed to treat and dispose of sewage.",
    "Systems that carry wastewater away from our homes when we turn on a faucet or flush a toilet."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Water",
    "Ecosystems"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary; Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Underground Injection Control Terms",
    "40 CFR 146.3 (CFR 2018); 40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "How's My Waterway Glossary",
    "Estuaries Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/septic-system/"
}