Water Quality
Module 3
Lesson 1-
Septic System Preclass Evaluation
Form, Activity
Acknowledgement: Taken from "Living on
the Land 2001"
Name
Address
- Number of people living in home ______ Adults
_____ Children _____Male _____ Female
- Garbage disposal used (circle)? ___ No ___ Yes
- Water softener (circle)? ___ No ___ Yes If
yes, backflushes to:
- Dishwasher (circle)? ___ No ___ Yes
- Loads of laundry ___________ per day ______
per week
- Bleach used (circle)? o___ No ___ Yes If yes,
how many cups per week?
- Antibacterial soap used (circle)? ___ No ___
Yes
- Number of rolls of toilet paper used per week
- Please list commonly used cleaning supplies
- Well location, depth and amount of casing
- Is this your first home with on on-site septic
system (circle)? ___ No ___ Yes
- Age of septic system
- Number of septic tanks
- Septic tank capacity _________________gallons
- Last date of septic tank pumping
- Location of leachfield
- Number of bedrooms
- System ever backed up (circle)? ___ No ___ Yes
If yes, when?
- System ever repaired? )? ___ No ___ Yes If
yes, when?
Adapted from University of Wisconsin, http://www.bae.umn.edu/~septic/Homeowner/homeowner%20survey.html
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