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Innovative/Alternative Septic System Performance
System Performance and Tracking it with the Carmody
Database
Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment
By The NumbersPermit Breakdown by System Type and Year Permitted
System Type Number Percent
FAST 57 38%
Advantex 27 18%
Septitech 22 15%
Bioclere 14 9%
Waterloo Biofilter 12 8%
Singulair 6 4%
RSF 4 3%
Clivus 2 1%
Amphidrome 1 1%
CERES III 1 1%
Nitrex 1 1%
Puraflo 1 1%
Total 149
Year Number Percent
2011 0 0%
2010 10 7%
2009 9 6%
2008 7 5%
2007 18 12%
2006 19 13%
2005 21 14%
2004 16 11%
2003 10 7%
2002 12 8%
2001 7 5%
2000 14 9%
Pre-2000 6 5%
Numbers are for the town of Eastham only.
By The NumbersPermit Breakdown by Residency, Permit Type and Installation Status
Permit Type Number Percent
General 71 48%
Provisional 41 28%
Remedial 30 20%
Pilot 5 3%
Status Count Percent
Installed
Yes 125 85.0%
No 8 5.4%
Unknown 14 9.5%
Started Up
Yes 121 82.3%
No 9 6.1%
Unknown 17 11.6%
Numbers are for the town of Eastham only.
Match Count Percent
Site and Mailing Address Match
Yes 39 26%
No 110 74%
Site and Mailing City Match
Yes 52 35%
No 97 65%
Site and Mailing State Match
Yes 108 72%
No 41 28%
Installation StatusResidency
DEP Permit Type
Box-Whisker Diagrams
50%
Probability Density Graph (“Bell Curve”)
Median – Middle Value
Min/Max ValueBox
Whiskers
What are they?
Min/Max Value
25% 25%
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Box-Whisker DiagramsWhat Can We Use Them For?
A B C D
A – A “Good” System. Box and whiskers are short and compact.
B – A “Bad” System. Results are all over the place. Box and whiskers are stretched out.
C – A “Consistently Bad” System. Compact but well above TN limit (19 mg/l)
D – A “Usually Pretty Good” System. Compact but maybe a couple of high results.
Single Family all Types by Individual System
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Three or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
•75 systems with 3 or more TN samples
•46 of 75 (61%) with median TN <19 mg/l
Single Family all Types by System TypeThree or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
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Clivus Advantex Waterloo Biofilter Bioclere Singulair FAST Septitech
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Single Family FASTThree or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
•41 systems with 3 or more TN samples
•27 of 41 (66%) with median TN <19 mg/l
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Single Family BioclereThree or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
•7 systems with 3 or more TN samples
•5 of 7 (71%) with median TN <19 mg/l
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Single Family AdvantexThree or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
•12 systems with 3 or more TN samples
•10 of 12 (83%) with median TN <19 mg/l
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Single Family SeptitechThree or More Samples with Full Nitrogen Series
20 Hideaway Lane
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6/16/06 7/12/06 8/30/06 7/18/07 7/24/08 8/29/08 7/28/09 9/2/09 8/26/10
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20 Huckleberry Lane
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7/27/04 9/15/04 7/27/05 9/2/09 8/26/10
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26 Longstreet Lane
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8/24/05 7/12/06 7/12/06 8/30/06 7/18/07 8/30/07 7/29/08 9/8/08 9/2/09
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495 Campground Road
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7/24/03 9/12/03 7/27/04 9/15/04 7/20/10
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31R Martha Ave
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8/30/06 7/18/07 8/30/07 7/29/08 7/28/10
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Nitrex System at 15 Dory LaneInfluent versus Effluent Total Nitrogen
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8/6/07 11/14/07 2/22/08 6/1/08 9/9/08 12/18/08 3/28/09 7/6/09 10/14/09 1/22/10
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Influent TN Effluent TN
Design Flow = 9,900 gpd40 Houses at Buildout30 Houses currently occupied, with 6 seasonal
Keeping Track of it All…Quickly Identifying Poorly Performing Systems
Sample Reports
Use to obtain a list of the most recent sample exceedances (anything
over 19 mg/l)
Two 25% Exceedances
Use to generate a list of systems with two
samples exceeding 19mg/l by 25% (24mg/l).
One 50% Exceedance
Use to generate a list of systems with one sample
exceeding 19 mg/l by 50% (30 mg/l)
Keeping Track of it All…Sample Reports Messages
25.83 mg/L > 19mg/L(36%) for Total Nitrogen 1 Consecutive 4 Non-Consecutive (25.83,8.54,43.4,29.35,24.1)
Amount of the Exceedance
Exceedance Percentage
Exceeding Parameter
Number of Consecutive Exceedances
Number of Non-Consecutive Exceedances
Results from the Last Five Samples
Keeping Track of it All…Quickly Identifying Poorly Performing Systems
Sample Reports
Use to obtain a list of the most recent sample exceedances (anything
over 19 mg/l)
Two 25% Exceedances
Use to generate a list of systems with two
samples exceeding 19mg/l by 25% (24mg/l).
One 50% Exceedance
Use to generate a list of systems with one sample
exceeding 19 mg/l by 50% (30 mg/l)
Keeping Track of it All…Sample Exceedance Report
List of the last 5 samples
Remove the flag for this system. Will reappear on this list with
another exceedance.
Select the Report Type: 2 over 24mg/l,
1 over 30mg/l or merged report.
Export the current list to MS
EXCEL
Keeping Track of it All…Exporting the Sample Exceedance Report to EXCEL
System ID Home Owner Municipality Sampling History
EASte595FAS
Savage, Joseph595 Steele RoadEastham,MA Eastham
5.28 10/7/201014.25 7/12/201011.23 10/14/200924.37 7/9/200952.1 8/21/2007
EAR06420ADV
Seatoller LLC, Steve Lang4205 State Highway Route 6Eastham,MA Eastham
28.84 3/9/201132.45 2/1/201145 1/5/2011
EATur265FAS
St. Aubin, Lucille and Carol265 Turnip RoadEastham,MA Eastham
24.03 9/27/201024.03 9/27/201013.49 6/26/200920.94 9/17/200819.5 6/25/200743.1 9/27/2006
EATur245FAS
St. Aubin, Lucille and Carol245 Turnip RoadEastham,MA Eastham
34.92 7/8/201016.87 12/10/20082.94 10/23/200829.9 3/4/200883.5 12/21/2007
Town of Eastham Sample Exceedance Report - 3/29/2011
System ID Home Owner Municipality Sampling History Median Average StDev
EASam300Sep
Baughman, James and Amanda300 Samoset RoadEastham,MA Eastham
19.61 8/26/201019.61 8/26/201022.56 7/28/201041.37 8/28/200924.44 7/28/200913.73 8/29/2008 21.085 23.55333 9.453086
EASun093Adv
Bechgaard, Candace93 Sunset AvenueEastham,MA Eastham
26.86 2/2/201115.06 7/27/201017.05 4/26/201027.86 1/28/20104.53 8/27/2009 17.05 18.272 9.569957
EAR06418RSF
Brown, Robert4180 Route 6Eastham,MA Eastham
80.6 11/2/201029.31 7/20/200940.1 6/9/200844.5 10/23/200715.3 10/3/2006 40.1 41.962 24.36052
EACam760FAS
Civita, George760 Campground RoadNorth Eastham,MA North Eastham
130.65 11/21/200877 6/9/200856.7 9/18/200723.9 5/14/200740 10/3/2006 56.7 65.65 41.33676
EABri220Bio
Conlin, Kevin220 Bridge RoadEastham,MA Eastham
20.46 1/5/201137.98 7/19/20106.65 1/8/201035.84 7/13/200921.06 1/2/2009 21.06 24.398 12.81631
Keeping Track of it All…“Cleaned Up” Sample Exceedance Report
• Exceedance reports will be delivered quarterly.
• BOH will decide what action to take, since each BOH will likely have a different policy.
Innovative/Alternative Septic System Performance
System Performance and Tracking it with the Carmody
Database
Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment