GREEN TOWNSHIP HAMILTON COUNTY Regular Audit for the Year Form

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Hamilton County Public Health inspects septic systems throughout Hamilton County with the exception of Cincinnati Norwood, Springdale, Sharonville (we now serve Sharonville) and Indian Hill. This video shows just one example of a system we may encounter which in this case is an Oldham Aerobic Treatment Unit or ATU for short. A technician in our Water Quality Division recently inspected this system in Green Township. In a 500 gallon per day Oldham system there are four lids leading to different chambers of treatment within the system. The first access lid typically contains an inner lid which helps keep odors to a minimum because this chamber is where raw waste water is stored during the settling and separation phase of treatment. Here the technician is looking for proper baffles signs of infiltration and obvious need for pumping. ATUs should be pumped every two to three years with normal usage of less than 250 gallons per day. The resulting clear effluent from the first compartment mov