DESIGN OF SEPTIC TANK: OFFICE BUILDING

Type of Occupancy = OFFICE

Quantity of Sewage = 75 gallons/per person
20 gallons/employee
Assumed number of persons to be served:
Persons per room = 2 persons
Number of rooms = 4 rooms
Number of Employee = 200 employees
Therefore,

Q= 75 gal. X 8 persons
20 gal. X 200 employee
Q= 4600 gal.
FORMULA:
V= 1.125+0.75Q
where V = Liquid volume of the tank in gallons
Q = The daily sewage flow in gallons per day.
1.125 and 0.75 are constant values.
V= 1.125 X 0.75 4600
V = 3451.125 cu.m.

CONVERSION:
V = 3451.1 X cu meter/ 264 gal
V= 13.07244 cu.m.

For the dimensions of the septic tank,

assumed depth 2.4 meters
assumed width 2.5 meters

LENGTH OF DIGESTION CHAMBER:

L= V/ 2.5 X 2.4

L= 2.1787 meters
say= 2.2 meters

TOTAL LENGTH OF SEPTIC TANK:

TL= L/2+L

TL= 3.3 meters

NOTE: IF 2-leaching chamber required by local municipalities

same dimension of the first leaching chamber will be added

air space minimum requirement= 0.30 meters

prepared by:
Arch. Roderick M. Canuel uap