South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 74 - Department of Environment And Natural Resources
Article 74:53 - Water supply and treatment systems
Chapter 74:53:01 - Individual and small on-site wastewater systems
- Section 74:53:01:01 - Definitions
- Section 74:53:01:02 - Compliance with wastewater system requirements
- Section 74:53:01:03 - Review of plans and specifications prior to construction
- Section 74:53:01:04 - Existing systems not affected by this chapter - Exceptions
- Section 74:53:01:05 - Existing subdivisions and developments exempted from lot size requirements - Proviso
- Section 74:53:01:06 - On-site wastewater systems to comply with rules
- Section 74:53:01:07 - On-site wastewater systems prohibited when public wastewater systems are available
- Section 74:53:01:08 - Wastewater to receive primary treatment prior to discharge to absorption system
- Section 74:53:01:09 - Types of treatment available to water-carriage wastewater systems
- Section 74:53:01:10 - Unconventional systems to be used when water or electrical systems unavailable
- Section 74:53:01:11 - Abandoned systems to be disconnected, plugged, dismantled, pumped, removed, and filled
- Section 74:53:01:12 - Wastewater not allowed to surface on ground or enter state waters - Exception
- Section 74:53:01:13 - Wastewater not to be discharged into unused wells, gravel pits, or rock formations
- Section 74:53:01:14 - On-site wastewater treatment system design and type considerations
- Section 74:53:01:15 - Separation required above groundwater or geological formations
- Section 74:53:01:16 - Minimum lot size required
- Section 74:53:01:17 - Drainage not to enter wastewater systems
- Section 74:53:01:18 - Cesspools and pit privies prohibited
- Section 74:53:01:19 - Distance between on-site wastewater system components and pertinent ground features
- Section 74:53:01:20 - Wastewater flow capacity requirements of residential and nonresidential establishments
- Section 74:53:01:21 - Alternative method of determining wastewater flow capacity requirements for commercial or public service establishments
- Section 74:53:01:22 - Alternative method of determining wastewater flow capacity requirements for public parks and marinas
- Section 74:53:01:23 - Design and construction requirements for septic tanks
- Section 74:53:01:24 - Installation requirements for septic tanks
- Section 74:53:01:25 - Minimum capacities for septic tanks
- Section 74:53:01:26 - Requirements for holding tanks
- Section 74:53:01:27 - Dosing or pressure systems required when absorption systems are large
- Section 74:53:01:28 - Distribution of septic tank effluent to absorption fields
- Section 74:53:01:29 - Percolation tests required prior to approval and installation of absorption system
- Section 74:53:01:30 - Manner for conducting percolation test
- Section 74:53:01:31 - Determining required absorption system area
- Section 74:53:01:32 - Alternative method of determining required absorption trench system area
- Section 74:53:01:33 - Absorption or alternative water-carriage system permitted under certain circumstances
- Section 74:53:01:34 - Seepage pits allowable
- Section 74:53:01:35 - Requirements for an absorption trench
- Section 74:53:01:36 - Requirements for an absorption bed
- Section 74:53:01:37 - Requirements for a mound or evapotranspiration system
- Section 74:53:01:38 - Requirements for a graywater system
- Section 74:53:01:39 - Requirements for vault privies
- Section 74:53:01:40 - Requirements for unconventional systems
- Section 74:53:01:41 - Disposal of septage
- Section 74:53:01:42 - Secretary authorized to inspect on-site wastewater systems
- Section 74:53:01:43 - Protection of potable water supply
- Section 74:53:01:44 - Variances
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