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WhydoweNeedSoakPitTank?
Thewaterintheseptictankisnotpure,itiscalledgreywaterbecauseitstillcontainsorganicmaterialsthatneed
tobefilteredout.ASoakPitisacovered,porouswalledchamberthatallowswatertoslowlysoakintothe
ground.Presettledeffluentfromseptictankisdischargedtotheundergroundchamberfromwhereitinfiltrates
intothesurroundingsoil.

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Design
Alayerofsandandfinegravelisspreadacrossthebottomtohelpdispersetheflow.Depthshouldbebetween
1.5and4mdeep,butneverlessthan1.5mabovethegroundwatertable.TheSoakPitisfilledwithcoarserocks
andgravel.Therocksandgravelwillpreventthewallsfromcollapsing,butwillstillprovideadequatespaceforthe
wastewater.

Working
Aswastewaterpercolatesthroughthesoilfromthesoakpit,smallparticlesarefilteredoutbythesoilmatrixand
organicsaredigestedbymicroorganism.
Soakpitarebestsuitedtosoilswithgoodabsorptivepropertiesclay,hardpackedorrockysoilsarenot
appropriate.

Adequacy
ASoakPitdoesnotprovideadequatetreatmentforrawwastewaterandthepitwillclogquickly.ASoakPitshould
beusedfordischargingpresettledblackwaterorgreywater.
Soakpitsareappropriateforruralandsuburbansettlements.Theydependonsoilwithasufficientabsorptive
capacity.Theyarenotappropriateforareasthatarepronetofloodingorhavehighgroundwatertables.
HealthAspects
Thetechnologyislocatedundergroundandthus,humansandanimalsshouldhavenocontactwiththe
effluent.TheSoakPitislocatedasafedistancefromadrinkingwatersource(ideally30m).TheSoakPitis
odourlessandnotvisible.

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SoakPitSchematicDiagramAmasonryringBstoneorbrickaggregateCbrickchamberD
30cmthickoutercasingwithcoarsesandEeffluentfromseptictank

Maintenance
theeffluentshouldbeclarifiedorfilteredwelltopreventexcessivebuildupofsolids.
TheSoakPitshouldbekeptawayfromhightrafficareas.
Particlesandbiomasswillclogthepitsoneedtobecleanedormoved.
Forfutureaccessaremovablelidshouldbeusedtosealthepit.

Advantages
Canbebuiltandrepairedwithlocallyavailablematerials.
Smalllandarearequired.
Powerconservative.
Canbebuiltandmaintainedwithlocallyavailablematerials.
Simpletechniqueforallusers.

Disadvantages
Pretreatmentisrequiredtopreventclogging,althougheventualcloggingisinevitable.
Negativelyaffectssoilandgroundwaterproperties.

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Soak pit construction in Yamunanagar

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DOMESTICSEWAGETREATMENT(SEPTICTANKANDSOAKPIT)

Submittedto:

Submittedby:

Prof.A.B.GUPTA

OMPRAKASH

MNIT,JAIPUR

RAMKISHORYADAV
TRILOKCHANDGUPTA
VIJAYPALOLA

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WHYDOWENEEDASEWERSYSTEM?

Eachtimeweflushthetoiletorwashsthdownthesink'sdrain,wecreatesewage(alsoknowninpolitesocietyaswastewater).

Onequestionthatmanypeoplemightaskis,"Whynotsimplydumpthiswastewaterontothegroundoutsidethehouse,orintoanearby
stream?"Therearethreemainthingsaboutwastewaterthatmakeitsthyoudon'twanttoreleaseintotheenvironment:

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