A potential change in the “perc testing” policy in Upper Milford Township may mean more problems and delays for people who want to build homes. Perc testing is the state-required examination of soil ...

A: For a true percolation test, often done during construction or installation of a septic system, a hole approximately 1 foot in width and depth is dug. Once filled with water, if it drains at a rate ...

Carroll’s Bureau of Environmental Health plans to establish a program that would allow private companies to perform soil percolation tests to supplement county soil testing services. The arrangement ...

Can a house lot go through decades of failing percolation tests, and then pass the test to will allow the land to be built upon? A number of concerned residents presented that question and more to the ...

The Penn Forest Township supervisors have hired a sewer enforcement officer from an engineering firm to replace an independent inspector whose work is under investigation by the state Department of ...

ROBESON – Planners discussed On July 7 the necessity of a percolation test for a septic system in a subdivision that was not currently being developed. Brothers Gerald and Lawrence Yocum came before ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The objectives of the study discussed in this article were to develop an empirical relationship between the saturated hydraulic conductivity ...

LAKEVILLE -- Town officials residents and developers sounded off last night about the possibility of relaxing Lakeville's percolation test regulations. Percolation tests determine the rate at which ...

NORTHUMBERLAND — The Point Township supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to hire a handwriting expert to scrutinize what they believe are altered copies of percolation test results for Colescott ...