SEPTIC TANK

Basics of Septic Tank Design

Minimum Prescribed
Standards

For Digestive Chamber

Minimum Width: 900 mm.

Minimum Length:
1500 mm.
Minimum Depth:
1200 mm. to 1500
mm.

Leaching Chamber

of Digestive Chamber

Works only with Occupant Load of 12 or

less*

Minimum Prescribed
Standards

Constants to review:

Single Household Residential:

2.0 cu. m.
ST
Multi-Family Residential:
0.17 cu.
m./Person
Others:
0.86 cu. m./Person

Procedure
1.

2.

Multiply the Occupant Load depending

on the occupancy to get the cu. m.
requirement
Assume the following:
1.
2.

3.
4.

Width and;
Depth, not Limited to the Prescribed
Minimum Standards

Get the Length (Volume=LxWxH)

of the derived volume is the Leaching
Chamber

Sample Problem
1.

Determine the Following:

Volume of Digestive Chamber
2. Volume of Leaching Chamber
3. Effective Dimension of Septic Tank
For a Commercial Building with 250 Occupant
Load
1.

Sample Problem
1.

Determine the Following:

1.

Volume of Digestive Chamber

250 x 0.86 = 215 cu. m.

2.

Volume of Leaching Chamber

215/2 = 107.5 cu. m.

Effective Dimension of Septic Tank

For a Commercial Building with 250 Occupant
Load
3.