New York State Department of Environmental …

NEW YORK STATE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR

INTERMEDIATE SIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

MARCH 5, 2014

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Division of Water 625 Broadway

Albany, New York 12233-3505

Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor

Joe Martens, Commissioner

Photos on cover courtesy of: Lenning, D., T. Banathy, D. Gustafson, B.J. Lesikar, S. Wecker, D. Wright. 2005. Technology Overview Module. in (D.L. Lindbo and N.E. Deal eds.) Model Decentralized Wastewater Practitioner Curriculum. National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

The technologies shown on the cover are from other States and may not conform to these Design Standards. In the case of any conflict between the apparent installation of a technology from any of the cover photos and the specifications in the figures, tables or text of these Design Standards, the Design Standards shall be used.

Foreword

The Clean Water Act (CWA) was enacted to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's surface waters. This was to be done by reducing direct pollutant discharges into waterways, financing municipal wastewater treatment facilities, developing technology necessary to eliminate the discharge of pollutants, and by managing polluted runoff.

In New York State, Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), "Water Pollution Control," was enacted to protect and maintain both surface and groundwater resources. It authorized the creation of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Program to protect New York's water resources. On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) may discharge to either surface water or groundwater.

Pursuant to Article 17 Title 7 of the ECL all OWTSs, without the admixture of industrial or other waste, and with a groundwater discharge of 1,000 gallons per day or greater or a surface water discharge of any size, must be covered by a SPDES permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

Design standards for large Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) have been updated independently by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers (GLUMRB) and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC). Design standards for small individual residential systems are updated by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), local county health departments, or watershed organizations. These Design Standards for Intermediate Sized Wastewater Treatment Systems (Design Standards) are being updated by NYSDEC to meet the needs not addressed by the large and small systems design standards (refer to Appendix A for the applicable technical standard). Over the last 20 years OWTS technologies have increased in the level of treatment provided and in complexity of design and operation. It is appropriate that the Design Standards are updated now to remain current with the needs of the wastewater treatment system design professionals.

Numerous references to the GLUMRB's Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities, (Ten States Standards), 2004 and NEIWPCC's Guides for the Design of Wastewater Treatment Works -Technical Report-16, 2011 (TR-16), appear in this manual. Ten States Standards has been adopted by NYSDEC as New York State's official standards for municipal wastewater treatment and collection facilities according to 6 NYCRR Part 750-2.10.g.1. Ten States Standards may be viewed at: , and

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is available in print from Health Education Service, Inc., P.O. Box 7126, Albany, New York 12224, 518439-7286. Health Education Services (HES) may be accessed online at . TR16 is also an acceptable design standard for municipal systems of any size, or any nonmunicipal, intermediate sized systems that treat only sanitary wastewater. TR-16 addresses standards for alternative collection systems such as vacuum sewers, low pressure/grinder pump sewers, septic tank effluent (pump) and septic tank effluent (gravity) sewers (STEP/STEG). NYSDOH regulations for residential wastewater treatment systems discharging less than 1,000 gpd are entitled "Appendix 75-A, Wastewater Treatment Standards ? Residential Onsite Systems." Design guidance for residential onsite systems are published under the title Residential Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Design Handbook. The NYSDOH Design Handbook is available from HES, Inc. (). Both documents are on the NYSDOH website.

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Table of Contents

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................ i

List of Acronyms .......................................................................................................................................viii

List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................xiii

List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................ xiv

Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................................... xv

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ Intro - 1

Purposes of These Design Standards: ............................................................................................ Intro - 1

How to Use These Design Standards:............................................................................................ Intro - 2

A. Facility Planning and Permitting..................................................................................................... A - 1

A.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................A - 1

A.2 Planning and Permit Application Process ............................................................................... A - 1

A.3 Obtaining a SPDES Permit for a Wastewater Discharge........................................................A - 3

A.4 State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) ........................................................................ A - 5

A.5 Asset Management .................................................................................................................. A - 5

B. Project Evaluation ........................................................................................................................... B - 1

B.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. B - 1

B.2 Site Evaluation ........................................................................................................................ B - 1

B.3 Separation Distances ............................................................................................................... B - 1

B.4 Soil Evaluation for Subsurface Discharge .............................................................................. B - 5

B.4.a Deep Soil............................................................................................................................. B - 7

B.4.b Percolation Testing ............................................................................................................. B - 8

B.5 Locating Facility Relative to Flood Plains............................................................................ B - 10

B.6 Design Criteria ...................................................................................................................... B - 12

B.6.a Wastewater Characterization ............................................................................................ B - 12

B.6.b Design Flow ...................................................................................................................... B - 15

B.6.c

Infiltration, Inflow, Non-Sanitary and Prohibited Flows .................................................. B - 20 iii

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