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      • Avon >
        • AFC Sushi @ Big Y
        • Amici Italian Grill
        • Apple Rehab
        • Arden Courts
        • Avon Country Deli
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        • Avon Health Center
        • Avon High School
        • Avon Indian Grill
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        • Bagel Chalet
        • Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzera
        • Blue Fox Run
        • Big Y World Class Market
        • Bruegger's Bagel Bakery
        • Da Capos
        • Deep Water Seafood
        • Dom's Coffee
        • Dunkin Donuts
        • E & D Pizza Company
        • Educational Playcare, Ltd
        • Ekkalak Thai
        • Exxon Buck Stop
        • Fabiola's Fine Foods LLC
        • Farmington Valley Academy Montessori
        • Farmington Woods Master Assoc.
        • Five Guys
        • First & Last Tavern of Avon LLC
        • Friendly's Ice Cream
        • Golf Club of Avon - Pool Snack Bar
        • Golf Club of Avon - Snack
        • Golf Club of Avon, Inc.
        • Hot Heaven
        • iDevices, Inc.
        • Liki Sushi Asian Bistro
        • Little City Pizza Co.
        • Luke's Donut Shop, Inc.
        • Lyme Grill
        • Marketplace
        • Max A Mia
        • Moe's Southwest Grill
        • New England Pasta Co. & Cafe
        • Pho House
        • Pick & Mix
        • Pine Grove School
        • Pizzeria DaVinci
        • Puerta Vallarta
        • RB Market
        • Residence at Brookside
        • Residence Inn - Marriott
        • River's Edge Bistro II
        • River Ridge at Avon
        • Roaring Brook School
        • Seasons Restaurant
        • Starbucks
        • Subway Old Avon Village
        • Subway @ Walmart
        • Sushi Maru
        • The Bee's Knees
        • The Elephant Trail
        • The Fresh Market
        • The North House
        • The North House Restaurant
        • Thompson Brook School
        • Toshi
        • Tower Lane Cafe
        • Truffles on Main, LLC
        • Truffles on Wheels
        • Vivaldi's Pizza
        • West Avon Pizza
        • Whitson's at CREC 59 Waterville Rd
        • Whitson's at CREC 20 Security Dr
      • Barkhamsted >
        • Barkhamsted Elementary School
        • Brass Horse
        • Christie Caters
        • Grassy Knoll Farm
        • Log House Restaurant
        • North End Store
        • Passiflora
        • Pleasant Valley General Store
        • Riverton General Store
        • Rose's Kitchen
        • Solo Pizza
        • Subway
        • Sweet Peas
        • The Village at Boulder Ridge
        • White Pines Campsites
      • Canton >
        • ABC Pizza
        • B Good
        • Barnes & Noble Cafe
        • Bento Nouveau Sushi Bar
        • Buon Appetito
        • Canton Intermediate School
        • Canton Middle/High School
        • Cherry Brook Health Care Center
        • Cherry Brook Pizza
        • Cherry Brook Primary School
        • Chinatown
        • Chipotle
        • Crown & Hammer Restaurant
        • Dish 'n Dat
        • Dunkin Donuts
        • Flatbread
        • Focus Alternative Learning
        • Forty-One Bridge Street
        • Francesca's
        • Giv Coffee
        • Grindstone Tavern
        • Joe Pizza
        • KFC/Taco Bell
        • La Salle Market & Deli
        • Onion Mountain Catering
        • Panera Bread
        • Reno's Drive In
        • Saybrook Fish House
        • Shop Rite
        • Subway
        • The Bagel Deli
        • The Green Papaya
        • The Village Cafe
        • Toasted Oat Cafe
      • Colebrook >
        • Camp Jewell of Hartford, YMCA
        • Colebrook Consolidated School
        • Colebrook Store
        • Hide Away Ranch
      • East Granby >
        • Airport Gas
        • Brignole Vineyard
        • Center Grill
        • Copper Hill Bar & Grill
        • Crazy Arepas
        • Domino's Pizza
        • Dunkin Donuts 4 Rainbow Rd
        • Dunkin Donuts 150 Rainbow Rd
        • Flying Foods Group
        • Gio's Brick Oven Pizzeria & Pub
        • J & G Pizza
        • Artisan Caterers
        • Kane's Kitchen
        • Marks Auto Parts
        • Subway
        • The Kitchen
        • Three Brothers II
        • Valley Fish Company
        • Wok on the Wild Side
      • Farmington >
        • AJ Ginza LLC at UConn
        • Amberwoods
        • Anthology of Farmington
        • Arden Courts
        • Atria Farmington
        • Au Bon Pain
        • Bamboo Asian Cuisine
        • Barnes & Noble Cafe
        • Bento Nouveau, Unionville
        • Bogey's Bites & Brews
        • Brock & Company at Miss Porter's
        • Brookdale of Farmington
        • Butchers and Bakers
        • California Pizza Kitchen
        • Carol's Lunchbox
        • Carrier Academy of Learning
        • Chang An
        • China Pan
        • Claudias
        • Connecticare / Unidine
        • Country Club of Farmington
        • Country Club of Farmington - Snack Bar
        • Culteavo
        • Cugino's Restaurant
        • Cumberland Farms #4748
        • Dunkin Donuts 6 Colt Hwy
        • Dunkin Donuts 348 Colt Hwy
        • Dunkin Donuts 1015 Farmington Ave
        • Dunkin Donuts 12 Mill St
        • Dunkin Donuts Westfarms Mall
        • East Farms School / Chartwells
        • Educational Playcare
        • Eurest @ Bank of America 70 Batterson Park Road
        • Eurest @ Carrier WHQ 1 Carrier Place
        • Eurest @ Compass Group 8 Farm Spring Road
        • Eurest @ Otis Engineering 5 Farm Spring Road
        • Eurest @ UTC 10 Farm Spring Road
        • Fancy Bagels
        • Farmington Farms Snack Bar
        • Farmington Gardens
        • Farmington High School - Chartwells
        • Farmington Marriott - Coffee / Sushi Bar
        • Farmington Marriott - Kitchen
        • Farmington Mini Golf & Ice Cream
        • Farmington Pizza LLC
        • Farmington Sports Arena - Outdoor Snack Bar
        • Farmington Sports Arena - Skybox Cafe
        • Farmington Sports Arena Cafe
        • Five Corners Bistro and Craft Bar
        • Five Guys Burgers & Fries
        • Fork & Fire
        • Galleria Restaurant
        • George's Pizza
        • Green Tea Chinese Restaurant
        • Hampton Inn & Suites
        • Hans & Fritz Restaurant & Deli
        • Helix Cafe' @ Jackson Lab
        • Highland Park Markets
        • Hissho Sushi
        • Holy Family Retreat Center
        • Homewood Suites Hotel
        • Irving Robbins School / Chartwells
        • Kindercare Learning Center
        • LA Men Toshiya
        • Lotus Grill
        • Lucky Dragon
        • Main Moon
        • Mama Lukes
        • Mangetsu Farmington
        • Market Place Cafe @ Nordstrom
        • Matthew's Restaurant
        • McDonald's of Unionville
        • Middlewoods of Farmington, LLC
        • Naples Pizza
        • Nardelli's Grinder Shop
        • Noah Wallace School / Chartwells
        • Olee's Master Pizza
        • On the Go Smoothie
        • Panera Bread
        • People's Choice
        • Piccolo Arancio
        • Pomona Pete's
        • Pondview Cafe
        • Rebel Dog Coffee Co.
        • River's Edge Bistro
        • Rubab's Express
        • Sbarro
        • Starbuck's
        • Stop & Shop Supermarket #686
        • Subway 190 Main St
        • Subway 348 Colt Highway
        • Subway 1426 Farmington Ave
        • Subway Westfarms Mall
        • Taco Bell
        • Taprock Beer & Refuge
        • Tavern on the Green
        • Tavern on the Green - Snack Bar 1
        • Texas De Brazil
        • The Farmington Club - Snack Bar 1
        • The Farmington Club - Aqueduct Room
        • The Farmington Club - Clubhouse
        • The Farmington Club - Food Court
        • The Farmington Inn & Suites
        • The Grille at Winding Trails
        • Toro Loco
        • Touchpoints of Farmington
        • Truffles Bakery
        • Truffles Restaurant
        • Trumpf Building 3 / Lessing's
        • Tunxis Community College - Corner Cafe
        • Tunxis Community College - Pages Cafe
        • Tunxis Plantation - Snack Bar 2
        • Tunxis Plantation - Snack Bar 1
        • Tunxis Plantation - Table Green Pavillion
        • UConn Health Center - Marbles Cafe
        • UConn Health Center at Konover
        • UConn Health Center - Food Court
        • UConn Health Center - Kitchen
        • UConn Health Center OPP 5th Floor Cafe
        • UCONN Health Center - Starbucks
        • Union Elementary School
        • Unionville Family Restaurant
        • Village Gate
        • West District School / Chartwells
        • Westwoods Upper Elementary School / Chartwells
        • Williams Sonoma
        • Wood-N-Tap
        • Xali Fine Dining Services
        • Yume Japanese Steakhouse
      • Granby >
        • At The Barn
        • Brignole Vineyards
        • Bushy Hill Orchards
        • Cambridge House Brew Pub
        • Cumberland Farms #4743
        • Dave's LLC
        • Deep Roots Street Food
        • Dunkin Donuts
        • Farmer's Kitchen
        • Food Bag #514
        • Four Dads Pub
        • Freshie's Cafe
        • Geissler's Supermarket
        • Geno's Pizzeria
        • Granby High School
        • Granby Middle School
        • Granby Pizza
        • Granby Village Health
        • Han Asian Cuisine
        • High Meadow
        • Jake's Wayback Burger
        • Kelly Lane Intermediate School
        • La Figata
        • Lite N Up Eatery
        • Lost Acres Orchard
        • Lost Acres Vineyard
        • Lox Stock & Bagels of Granby, Inc.
        • Meadowbrook of Granby
        • New England Pizza
        • Oishi
        • Peppermill Bakery
        • Rancho Viejo
        • Sotelo's Pizza & Restaurant
        • Starbucks
        • Stop & Shop
        • Subway at YMCA
        • Subway, Teerth LLC
        • Tiger Belly
        • Toni Anns
        • The Comfort Food Truck
        • The Sweet Beet
        • The Whisk
        • Verdura Tapas and Wine Bar
        • Wells Road Intermediate School
      • Hartland >
        • Hartland Elementary School
        • The Coach Stop
        • Wilderness School
      • New Hartford >
        • Ann Antolini School
        • AYA Management
        • Bakerville Elementary School
        • Bamboo
        • Barden Farm
        • Better Half Bistro
        • Bridgestreet Libations and Temptations
        • Camp Sequassen
        • Camp Workoeman
        • Dunkin Donuts
        • Farm River Cafe
        • Grey Area Tavern
        • Marandino Foods
        • Michel Angelo's
        • New Hartford Diner
        • New Hartford Elementary School
        • New Hartford Stop & Save
        • Parrot-Delaney Tavern
        • Pizza Pete's
        • Radwick's Coffee and Sandwich
        • Savory Thyme Catering
        • Ski Sundown
      • Simsbury >
        • Abigail's Grille & Bar
        • Ana's KItchen
        • ACE Sushi
        • Andy's Italian Kitchen
        • Anthology of Simsbury
        • Antonios / Hoops
        • Aramark @ Chubb Insurance
        • Attilios At Simsbury Farms
        • Bennys
        • Blue Fox Walk
        • Brookside Bagels
        • Burger Fi
        • Central School
        • Blue Fox Rock n Bowl
        • Chili's Grill & Bar
        • Cracker Barrel
        • Cumberland Farms (151 Hopmeadow)
        • Dunkin Donuts 1261 Hopmeadow
        • Dunkin Donuts 25 Albany Tpke
        • Dunkin Donuts 142 Hopmeadow
        • Educational Playcare
        • Eurest at Chubb
        • Fitzgerald's
        • Flamig Farm, Inc.
        • Flik/Ethel Walker
        • Flik International / The Hartford
        • Green Tea
        • Harborside Healthcare - Governors House
        • Harvest Cafe & Bakery
        • Henry James School
        • Hopmeadow C.C. Pool Snack Shack
        • Hopmeadow CC Clubhouse
        • Hoyt Cinema
        • Jason House
        • Joe Pizza
        • Kane's Market, Inc.
        • Khagan Mongolian Grill
        • Latimer Lane School
        • Little India
        • Little Mazen Pizza
        • Luna Pizza
        • Main Moon
        • Manny's Pizza
        • Marco's
        • McDonald's
        • McLadden's Irish Publick House
        • McLean Health Center
        • McLean Village Apartments
        • Meadow Asian Cuisine
        • Metro Bis
        • Millwrights
        • Oishi
        • Old Well Tavern
        • People's Choice
        • Pepperoni's Pizza
        • Plan B
        • Popover Cafe & Bakery
        • Present Company
        • Red Stone Pub
        • Route 10 Pizza
        • Saki Mura
        • Simsbury High School
        • Simsbury Market
        • Skaters Cafe
        • Soma Grill
        • Squadron Line School
        • Starbucks
        • Stop & Shop
        • Subway 924 Hopmeadow
        • Subway 25B Albany Tpke
        • Sunrise Convenience Store
        • Table 570 Asian Fusion
        • Tan Wong Restaurant
        • Tariffvile School
        • Thai Ocho
        • The Master's School
        • The Mill at 2t
        • The Riverview
        • The Simsbury Inn
        • The Winged Bear
        • Tootin Hills School
        • Tower Ridge Country Club - Clubhouse
        • The Simsbury Inn
        • Virginia Connelly Residence
        • Westminster School
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Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Forms
One of the major responsibilities of the Farmington Valley Health District is the enforcement of the Connecticut Public Health Code requirements governing the disposal of sewage through septic systems. The purpose of these types of systems is to allow houses and small businesses to be built in areas where there are no public sewer systems available. While this might seem to be a rather simple task, in Connecticut with its geological and soil conditions, it is seldom easy.

In many places, the naturally occurring soil conditions are not favorable for subsurface sewage disposal. These sites must be modified by draining and/or filling before the lot can support a subsurface sewage disposal system. In the Farmington Valley Health District, a proposed lot utilizing a subsurface sewage disposal system must be thoroughly investigated by a Farmington Valley Health District registered sanitarian who observes the subsurface soil conditions in deep test pits and measures the ability of the soil to transmit and absorb water with percolation tests. Once these observations and measurements are made, an engineer designs a system to overcome any limitations and comply with the health code. A construction permit is issued to a licensed septic system installer once the engineer’s plan has been approved.

New Sewage Disposal System
After the permit to construct the sewage disposal system is granted, sanitarians conduct a series of on-site inspections during the construction to insure that the plan is being followed and that the public health code requirements are met. When the constructed system is inspected and approved by a sanitarian, the Farmington Valley Health District issues a Permit to Discharge that allows the system to be used.

Repair and Replacement of Existing Septic Systems
When an existing sewage disposal system fails by backing up into the building or discharging onto the ground surface, or has to be moved because of a building addition, the “system repair” has to be carefully evaluated. The same investigations, testing, plan preparations, and permits are required as with the “new” construction systems, but often the lot with the proposed repair does not meet one or more of the requirements of the current public health code. In these circumstances, one or more exceptions to the code requirements may have to be granted which is allowed for repairs or replacements only.

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