1. A. See Note (a)

   Place	Loading	Daily Average Flow Gallons per Day	Daily Average BOD5 Pounds per Day	Design Basis
   Apartments		250	0.425	one bedroom
   		300	0.52	two bedroom
   		400	0.68	three bedroom
   Assembly	Note (b)	2	0.0034	per seat
   Bowling Alleys (no food service)	Note (b)	75	0.13	per lane
   Churches	Note (b)	5	0.0088	per sanctuary seat
   Churches (with permitted kitchens)	Note (c)	10	0.017	per sanctuary seat
   Country Clubs		50	0.085	per member
   Dance Halls	Note (b)	2	0.0034	per person
   Drive-In Theaters		5	0.0085	per car space
   Factories (no showers)		20	0.051	per employee
   Factories (with showers)		35	0.06	per employee
   Food Service Operations
   Ordinary Restaurant (not 24 hour)		35	0.12	per seat
   24-hour Restaurant		50	0.17	per seat
   Banquet Rooms		5	0.017	per seat
   Restaurant Along Freeway		100	0.33	per seat
   Curb Service (drive-in)		50	0.17	per car space
   Bar, Cocktail Lounges, Taverns
   (no food service or very little food service)		25	0.084	per seat
   (with regular food service)		35	0.12	per seat
   Video Poker Machine		100	0.20	per machine
   Fast Food Restaurants		40	0.13	per seat
   Hotel/Motel Food Service		45	0.17	per room
   Homes/Mobile Homes in Subdivisions		400	0.68	per dwelling
   Individual Homes/Mobile Homes (where individual sewage technology is utilized. For each additional bedroom add 100 gpd)		250	0.425	one bedroom
   		300	0.51	two bedrooms
   		400	0.68	three bedrooms
   Hospitals (no resident personnel)	Note (c)	200	0.51	per bed
   Institutions (residents)	Note (c)	100	0.25	per person
   Municipalities		100	0.17	per person
   Mobile Home Parks
   up to 5 trailer spaces		400	0.68	per mobile home space
   6 trailer spaces or more		300	0.51	per mobile home space
   Motels	Note (b)	100	0.12	per unit
   Nursing and Rest Homes	Note (c)	100	0.25	per patient
   		100	0.17	per resident employee
   Office Buildings		20	0.051	per employee
   Recreational Vehicle Dumping Stations				Consult OPH
   Recreational Vehicle Parks and Camps		125	0.21	per trailer or tent space
   Retail Store		20	0.034	per employee
   Schools―Elementary	Note (c)	15	0.038	per pupil
   Schools―High and Junior High	Note (c)	20	0.051	per pupil
   Retail Fuel Stations (Located on major highways, etc., and whose primary function is to provide fuel and service to motor vehicles)	Note (d)	250	0.43	per individual vehicle fueling point (up to the first four)
   		125	0.21	for each additional individual vehicle fueling point
   Shopping Centers (no food service or laundries)		0.2	0.00034	per square foot of floor space
   Swimming Pool (including employees)		10	0.017	per swimmer
   Showers		20	0.04	per shower
   Vacation Cottages		50	0.12	per person
   Youth and Recreation Camps	Note (c)	50	0.12	per person
   Washing Machines		400	1.34	per machine

   1. Note (a) If loading criteria other than presented here are used, they should be justified.

   2. Note (b) Food Service waste not included.

   3. Note (c) Food Service waste included but without garbage grinders.

   4. Note (d) Vehicle fueling points are an arrangement of gasoline or diesel fuel pumps to serve automobiles or other vehicles. For the purposes of these guidelines, a vehicle fueling point is one that serves a vehicle at one time. Food service waste not included.

2. B. Figures

   1. 1. Methods of Making Percolation Tests
   2. 
      2. Typical Layout of Absorption Trench
   3. 
      3. Absorption Field System for Sloping Ground
   4. 
      4. Absorption Trench and Lateral Details
   5. 
      5. Typical Layout: Septic Tank/Oxidation Pond System
   6. 
      6. Oxidation Pond Timber Retaining Wall Details
   7. 
      7. Oxidation Pond Concrete Block Retaining Wall Details
   8. 
      8. Leveed Oxidation Pond
   9. 
      9. Typical Layout: Septic Tank/Sand Filter Bad System
   10. 
       10. Sand Filter Bed Details
   11. 
       11. Chlorinator
   12. 
       12. Effluent Reduction Tankage
   13. 
       13. Effluent Reduction Field
   14. 
       14. Rock Plant
   15. 
       15. Spray Irrigation Schematic
   16. 
       16. Overland Flow
   17. 
       17. Mounds
   18. 
       18. Drip Disposal System
   19. 
       19. Pumping Chamber for Effluent Reduction

Note: Design calculations for sewage treatment facilities must be made based on both hydraulic loading(s) and organic loading(s). Final design of facility to be used upon the larger capacity (size) required by these calculations.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(6) and R.S. 40:5(9)(20).

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1362 (June 2002).