Appendix A

Absorption Area Requirements

Percolation Rate (Minutes required for water to drop 1 inch in prepared test hole)	Loading Rate (Required gallon of effluent per square foot per day)
10-15	.75
16-20	.69
21-25	.63
26-30	.59
31-35	.56
36-40	.53
41-45	.50
46-50	.48
51-56	.45
56-60	.42
61-65	.40
66-70	.38
71-75	.37

TABLE 1

LOADING RATES FOR RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS

SOILS WITH A MODERATE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY

SEASONAL WATER TABLE (SWT) DEPTH	BRIEF SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		MODERATE SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		LONG SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.
	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers
Inches
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00
10	0.06	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
11	0.10	0.10	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
12	0.16	0.16	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.03
13	0.22	0.22	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.04
14	0.29	0.29	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.05
15	0.40	0.40	0.13	0.13	0.07	0.07
16	0.51	0.51	0.17	0.17	0.09	0.09
17	0.62	0.63	0.21	0.21	0.11	0.11
18	0.73	0.75	0.24	0.26	0.12	0.13
19	0.75	0.75	0.28	0.30	0.14	0.15
20	0.75	0.75	0.32	0.35	0.17	0.18
21	0.75	0.75	0.36	0.40	0.19	0.20
22	0.75	0.75	0.40	0.44	0.21	0.23
23	0.75	0.75	0.44	0.49	0.23	0.25
24	0.75	0.75	0.48	0.54	0.25	0.28
25	0.75	0.75	0.52	0.59	0.26	0.30
26	0.75	0.75	0.57	0.64	0.28	0.32
27	0.75	0.75	0.60	0.68	0.30	0.34
28	0.75	0.75	0.64	0.73	0.32	0.36
29	0.75	0.75	0.67	0.75	0.34	0.39
30	0.75	0.75	0.71	0.75	0.35	0.41
31	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.37	0.43
32	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.39	0.46
33	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.41	0.48
34	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.43	0.50
35	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.45	0.53
36	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.47	0.55
37	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.49	0.58
38	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.51	0.60
39	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.53	0.63
40	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.55	0.65
41	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.57	0.68
42	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.59	0.70
43	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.61	0.73
44	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.63	0.75
45	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.65	0.75
46	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.68	0.75
47	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.70	0.75
48	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.72	0.75
49	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75

SOILS WITH HIGH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY

SEASONAL WATER TABLE (SWT) DEPTH	BRIEF SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		MODERATE SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		LONG SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.
Inches	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00
10	0.08	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01
11	0.14	0.14	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.02
12	0.23	0.23	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.04
13	0.33	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.05	0.06
14	0.42	0.46	0.14	0.15	0.07	0.07
15	0.54	0.60	0.18	0.20	0.09	0.10
16	0.66	0.75	0.23	0.24	0.11	0.12
17	0.79	0.90	0.27	0.29	0.13	0.15
18	0.91	1.05	0.30	0.35	0.15	0.17
19	1.04	1.21	0.35	0.40	0.17	0.20
20	1.17	1.25	0.39	0.46	0.20	0.22
21	1.25	1.25	0.44	0.51	0.22	0.25
22	1.25	1.25	0.48	0.56	0.25	0.28
23	1.25	1.25	0.53	0.62	0.27	0.31
24	1.25	1.25	0.58	0.68	0.30	0.34
25	1.25	1.25	0.62	0.74	0.31	0.37
26	1.25	1.25	0.67	0.80	0.34	0.40
27	1.25	1.25	0.72	0.85	0.36	0.43
28	1.25	1.25	0.76	0.91	0.38	0.45
29	1.25	1.25	0.81	0.96	0.40	0.48
30	1.25	1.25	0.85	1.02	0.43	0.51
31	1.25	1.25	0.90	1.08	0.45	0.54
32	1.25	1.25	0.95	1.14	0.47	0.57
33	1.25	1.25	1.00	1.20	0.50	0.60
34	1.25	1.25	1.05	1.25	0.52	0.63
35	1.25	1.25	1.10	1.25	0.55	0.66
36	1.25	1.25	1.15	1.25	0.57	0.69
37	1.25	1.25	1.20	1.25	0.60	0.73
38	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.63	0.76
39	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.65	0.79
40	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.68	0.83
41	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.71	0.86
42	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.74	0.90
43	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.76	0.93
44	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.79	0.97
45	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.82	1.01
46	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.85	1.04
47	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.88	1.08
48	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.91	1.12
49	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.95	1.16
50	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.98	1.20
51	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.01	1.24
52	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.04	1.25
53	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.08	1.25
54	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.11	1.25
55	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.14	1.25
56	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.18	1.25

57	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.21	1.25
58	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25

SOILS WITH LOW HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY

SEASONAL WATER TABLE (SWT) DEPTH	BRIEF SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		MODERATE SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.		LONG SWT GPD/Sq. Ft.
	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers	8 Ft. Centers	10 Ft. Centers
Inches
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00
10	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
11	0.08	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01
12	0.12	0.12	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02
13	0.16	0.16	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.03
14	0.21	0.21	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.03
15	0.28	0.28	0.09	0.09	0.05	0.05
16	0.30	0.30	0.12	0.12	0.06	0.06
17	0.30	0.30	0.15	0.15	0.07	0.07
18	0.30	0.30	0.18	0.18	0.09	0.09
19	0.30	0.30	0.21	0.21	0.10	0.10
20	0.30	0.30	0.24	0.24	0.12	0.12
21	0.30	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.14	0.14
22	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.15	0.15
23	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.17	0.17
24	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.19	0.19
25	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.21	0.21
26	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.23	0.23
27	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.24	0.25
28	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.26	0.27
29	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.27	0.29
30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.29	0.30
31	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
32	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
33	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
34	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
35	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
36	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
37	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
38	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
39	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
40	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
41	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
42	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
43	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
44	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
45	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
46	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
47	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
48	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
49	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
50	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
51	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
52	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
53	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
54	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30

55	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
56	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
57	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
58	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30