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DEFINITION OF
COMPLEX SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS

Any subsurface sewage disposal system shall be considered a complex system for purposes of the Southborough Board of Health Fee Schedule, which includes any or all of the following:

Domestic (Residential)
  The Soil Absorption system is 150 or more total feet away from the Septic Tank

  Any system which requires the construction and installation of one or more sewer clean-out manholes.

  Any system which traverses other property and requires the recording and documentation of easements.

  Any pump system which requires the installation of the pressure line pipe to travel under a wetland a road, a parking lot or such physical on-site impediment requiring pipe “sleeving” or underground boring.

  Any system with Massachusetts D.E.P. approved enhanced treatment system.

  Any system requiring an Operation and Maintenance Manual.

  Any system requiring the installation of a concrete retaining wall.


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