I tried to use the no. and online link you gave and was told "number not found."
Carol On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:06 PM Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Texas cavers, > > Since most of you are staying home more than usual, please help with this. > > *The public meeting scheduled for March 19 has been cancelled by TCEQ.* > > We have been informed that you may send your comments in by the first > deadline, tomorrow, March 19, and a second time by the rescheduled hearing > date which has not been announced yet. Please send your comments in today > or at the latest tomorrow and include a request to submit additional > comments at a later date. > > *You may submit your comments online at * > https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ > <https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/>*by entering WQ0015835001. * > > *Perhaps you can draw information from what Andy Grubbs sent out yesterday > (see below) or what Kurt Menking sent out on Texascavers.com on Friday, > March 13. * > > *Thanks for helping,* > > *Bill Steele * > *speleoste...@aol.com <speleoste...@aol.com>* > > > On Mar 17, 2020, at 5:45 PM, grub...@centurytel.net wrote: > > > What follows is part of a email I sent about the Honey Creek ranch > proposal. ( not to TCEQ) I design septic systems as part of my work. A > lot of what is being proposed does not come up to the state standards that > you'd have to follow if you were building a system for a single family > home, much less the standards some counties have and the rules governing > development on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. > > One thing I'd like to point out is that there is a state requirement for a > "reserve area" when using soils asorbsion types of systems. You must have > an area you reserve that is the size of your drainfield where you will > construct a new field when the old one is used to the point where it no > longer functions. The state recognizes the fact that soil systems do not > have infinite life and must be replaced. I think that there are also > requirements for soil tests on the type system being proposed that are very > extensive. much more than we do for individual home systems. I will see > if I can find chapter and page for those regs for you > > Since these homes are not going to be small less than 2500 sq ft the > state water use is 300 gallons per day / house; less than 2500 sq ft is 240 > GPD more than 3500 sq ft 360 GPD > > State law limits the amount of effluent to 5000 GPD/ acre. This is > proposing 4562 gallons / acre for their lowballed figures. 0.105 GPD/sq > ft which is slightly more than what is allowed on clay soils 0.1000 > GPD/sq ft > > 9 lots per acre is 4840 sq ft per lot. That would result in something > over 80% impervious cover per lot, without counting the unused green space > of the entire development as part of the amount. effective IC not total IC > for the development > > > I also believe that lift station reserve capacity should be addressed. No > state regulations on this that I know of. But county rules for septic > systems that have pumps require the pump compartment to be big enough that > there is sufficient capacity so that there is space for a days flow between > pump- on and the alarm, and another days flow between the alarm level and > the top of the tank. the alarm going off if water fills up past the daily > design flow and the pump didnt come on. This means that if there is a > problem you have a full day to get it fixed before you over flow or shut > down the water in the house. Lift stations are the weak link in the chain > for wastewater systems. If they had a containment pond, a lined > containment pond, then we would have way less disasters where the station > failed and unabated flow pours into a creek or on to the land. Got a lift > station that pumps 20,000 gallons per day. You'd need about 27,000 cubic > feet of storage for 1 days flow 54,000 if you followed the day to find out > and day to fix it rule. Do any water systems have provision to cut off > supply flows during pump station outages ? That's a question I dont know ( > but I sort of doubt it) > > AGGrubbsi > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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