Type of project: On-site waste systems (septic systems & lagoons)
Eligibility Requirements:
1. System must be failing according to County Environmental Health Codes (must contact Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD), 316-660-1840, for inspections and permits for unincorporated Sedgwick County and the City of Wichita).
AND must also meet at least one of the following four criteria which have been established by the State:
1. Failing system is located at a site where the drinking water for human consumption is supplied from a domestic water well AND at least one of the following (1A-1D) are present at the site.
1A) Current system is a rat hole, cesspool or seepage pit.
1B) Current system is upgradient from the domestic well and is within 400 ft. of the well.
1C) Current system is upgradient from the domestic well and is within 400 ft. of the well.
1D) The domestic well has tested positive for fecal coliform bacteria OR has elevated nitrate levels (over 10 ppm) and the failing system is determined by the local sanitarian to be a possible source of the contamination.
2. Failing system is located 500 ft. or less from perennial or intermittent stream as shown on a USGS 7.5 min topographic map; onsite measurement may be completed by County Sanitarian to determine locations close to the 500 foot distance.
3. Failing system is located within a two-mile radius of a public water supply well.
4. Failing system is located within an alluvial aquifer area shown on the state alluvial aquifer map which is available at the SCCD office.
Eligibility Requirements:
1. System must be failing according to County Environmental Health Codes (must contact Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD), 316-660-1840, for inspections and permits for unincorporated Sedgwick County and the City of Wichita).
AND must also meet at least one of the following four criteria which have been established by the State:
1. Failing system is located at a site where the drinking water for human consumption is supplied from a domestic water well AND at least one of the following (1A-1D) are present at the site.
1A) Current system is a rat hole, cesspool or seepage pit.
1B) Current system is upgradient from the domestic well and is within 400 ft. of the well.
1C) Current system is upgradient from the domestic well and is within 400 ft. of the well.
1D) The domestic well has tested positive for fecal coliform bacteria OR has elevated nitrate levels (over 10 ppm) and the failing system is determined by the local sanitarian to be a possible source of the contamination.
2. Failing system is located 500 ft. or less from perennial or intermittent stream as shown on a USGS 7.5 min topographic map; onsite measurement may be completed by County Sanitarian to determine locations close to the 500 foot distance.
3. Failing system is located within a two-mile radius of a public water supply well.
4. Failing system is located within an alluvial aquifer area shown on the state alluvial aquifer map which is available at the SCCD office.
