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Principles and Design of Onsite Waste Disposal
with Septic Systems

septic drainfield illustration

Teaches the basics of on-site treatment using diagrams and animations: septic tanks, drainfields, mounds, water conservation. Covers principles of treatment, design, and siting, as well as soil basics and water conservation. onsite.html

Audiences: homeowners, teachers, well & septic system owners

View ONSITE online or download the program.
Download ONSITE:
onsite.exe self-extracting zipfile (1.0Mb)
-OR-
onsite.zip zipfile (0.9Mb)
The second option is primarily for Macintosh users.

Installation: To install, copy the zipfile (onsite.exe or onsite.zip) onto your hard disk, then double-click it to uncompress and install the program. You can start the program from the Windows Start Menu, or by opening your Web browser and aiming it at c:\septics\src\title.htm
  • Created: 1991 by M. Stuve, R. Johnson; updated 2001
  • Size: 1.0 Mb uncompressed
  • Operating system: HTML
  • Other requirements: Any Javascript-enabled Web browser.

 

 

 

 
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