Residential Designer’s Guide

The Perc-Rite® Drip System is a unique fluid handling system for dispersal of effluent wastewater in soil systems. The system incorporates filtration, time and level controlled application and ultra low rate drip distribution. In conditions where aerobic dispersal, such as “Low Pressure Distribution”, of septic effluent is required or where land application with the use of conventional soil absorption fields are not acceptable. This system offers a unique method for subsurface distribution of the waste-water effluent.

This Perc-Rite® Drip System Designers’ Guide is for the qualified onsite system designer. Download the state specific or national “Calc-Tool” and follow this guidance to design the drip system. Procedures have been developed to size, layout and design a Perc-Rite® Drip system using tables and a spreadsheet instead of performing extensive calculations. The tables have conditions which allow the designer considerable flexibility to layout systems in a variety of siting conditions. Over 100 standard zone details are provided for the designer to select from. When conditions outside those specified exist and a system design is required, the designer is encouraged to call American for help in the design and to complete a detailed calculation sheet to determine suitability.