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Your waste water is discharged into the ground
100% of infected wastewater is discharged into groundwater for residents using septic tank disposal.
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Septic Tank Wastewater Reclamation Facility By The Numbers
Septic Tank Disposal Flow and Nutrients Per Resident
Ave. septic flow/resident (gallons/year) Ave. septic flow/resident (gallons/day) injected TN concentration (mg/L) injected TP concentration (mg/L) Total leach nutrients / resident / year (lbs/year) 37,261 102 < 82 < 22 < 32 The estimated yearly discharge per resident into septic tanks is about 37K gallons or about 100 gallons per day. Total Nitrogen is estimated to be less than 82 mg/L and Total Phosphorous less than 22 mg/L.
Hawaii Department of Health estimates of septic tank effluent water quality can be found here.
Septic Tank Disposal Coliform Cell Counts Per Resident
coliform cell counts (MPN/100mL) total coliform cell counts / resident (MPN/year) < 160,000,000 < 225,676,194,470,394 Fecal coliform Most Probable Number of colony forming (infection forming) units in septic tank effluent is estimated to be less than 160 Million MPN. Total injected fecal coliform colony forming units per resident is estimated to be less than 226 Trillion cells per year. Hawaii Department of Health estimates of septic tank effluent water quality can be found here.