SC Septic Practice Exam Questions With Guaranteed Pass Solutions.
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Tennessee septic installer license
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Tennessee Septic Installer License
APPLICANT - Answer - A property owner, general contractor or agent representing the property owner, or developer who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite wastewater system.
ACCESSIBILITY - Answer S.C. Code Sections and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal governments to ...
SC Septic Practice Exam Questions With
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APPLICANT - Answer - A property owner, general contractor or agent representing the property owner,
or developer who seeks a permit to construct and operate an onsite wastewater system.
ACCESSIBILITY - Answer S.C. Code Sections 44-55-1410 and 5-31-2010 authorizes county and municipal
governments to determine if a wastewater treatment facility is accessible to properties. Where
annexation or easements to cross adjacent property are required to connect to a wastewater treatment
facility, the wastewater treatment facility shall not be considered accessible.
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM - Answer A system incorporating design modifications of the proposed
subsurface wastewater infiltration trench area or geometry for the purpose of achieving compliance with
required setbacks and offset to the zone of saturation and/or restrictive horizons. No such system shall
be utilized unless the Department has established a specific standard.
ALTERNATIVE INFILTRATION TRENCH PRODUCTS- - Answer - Products specifically designed to replace or
eliminate the aggregate typically utilized in subsurface infiltration trenches. Such products must be
approved for use by the Department and must adhere to required equivalency values established herein
COLOR CHARTS - Answer Munsell System or equivalent) - Charts bearing various color chips established
by a recognized color system which use three elements—hue, value, and chroma—to make up a specific
color notation. The notation is recorded if the form of hue, value, and chroma (e.g. 10YR 5/6). The three
attributes of color are arranged in the system in orderly scales of equal visual steps, which are used to
measure and describe color accurately under standard conditions of illumination by comparing soil
samples to color chips on various charts.
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM - Answer An onsite wastewater system that utilizes a network of conventional
wastewater infiltration trenches installed in the naturally occurring soil for the treatment and disposal of
domestic wastewater.
CRITICAL AREA - Answer S. C. Code Section 48-39-10(J) defines critical area as the following: 1) coastal
waters; 2) tidelands; 3) beaches; 4) beach/dune systems which are the areas from the mean high-water
mark to the setback line as determined in S. C. Code Section 48-39-280.
, CURTAIN DRAIN - Answer A subsurface interceptor drain that is installed to collect and redirect
seasonal groundwater as it flows through the soil profile to an appropriate discharge point
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWAGE - Answer The untreated liquid and solid human body waste and
the liquids generated by water-using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with food
service operations. For the purposes of this regulation, domestic wastewater shall not include industrial
process wastewater.
EFFLUENT - Answer The liquid discharged from a septic tank, effluent pump station, or other sewage
treatment device.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WATERS - Answer Outstanding resource waters (ORW), Shellfish
Harvesting Waters (SFH), and Trout-Natural Waters (TN) as defined in R.61-68 and classified in R.61- 69,
and including lakes greater than forty (40) acres in size and the Atlantic Ocean, regardless of their
classifications in R.61-69.
EXISTING SYSTEM - - Answer - An onsite wastewater system, which has received final construction
approval or has been serving a legally occupied residence or structure.
EXPANSIVE SOILS - - Answer Soils containing significant amounts of expansible-layer clay minerals
(smectites) as evidenced in the field by classifications of "Very Sticky," "Very Plastic" and where
"Slickensides" are present when evaluated in accordance with the Field Book. Such soil horizons are
considered to be restrictive for onsite wastewater systems.
FAILING ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEM - Answer An onsite wastewater system that is discharging
effluent in an improper manner or has ceased to function properly.
FIBERGLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC - - Answer A fibrous glass and plastic mixture that exhibits a high
strength to weight ratio and is highly resistant to corrosion
FIELD BOOK FOR DESCRIBING AND SAMPLING SOILS - Answer A field guide published by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for making or reading
soil descriptions and for sampling soils, as presently practiced in the USA.
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