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All homes in unsewered areas must have a safe and effective means of wastewater disposal. Where soils are suitable, subsurface soil absorption of septic tank effluent is the most reliable and least costly. This is due to the soil’s very large capacity to transform and recycle most pollutants found in domestic wastewaters.
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Otis, R.J. (1982). Water Movement into and through Soil. In: Eikum, A.S., Seabloom, R.W. (eds) Alternative Wastewater Treatment. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7849-2_7
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