Detailed instructions for installing a septic system

[Arky217]

Anyone have a link to detailed instructions on installing a septic system ?

Need info on things like:
Minimum size of tank (it will be a plastic tank, remote location) for 2 persons; blackwater only, gray water will go elsewhere.
Slope to tank, slope to dist. box, slope to lateral lines.
Trouble with too shallow or too steep slopes.
Minimum number and length of lateral lines.
How to install tank, dist. box, lateral lines; depth, fill, etc.
Possibility of eliminating dist. box, using 1 lateral line ?

Thanks,
Arky

[Redoverfarm]

Anyone have a link to detailed instructions on installing a septic system ?

Need info on things like:
Minimum size of tank (it will be a plastic tank, remote location) for 2 persons; blackwater only, gray water will go elsewhere.
Slope to tank, slope to dist. box, slope to lateral lines.
Trouble with too shallow or too steep slopes.
Minimum number and length of lateral lines.
How to install tank, dist. box, lateral lines; depth, fill, etc.
Possibility of eliminating dist. box, using 1 lateral line ?

Thanks,
Arky

You might check with your health department.  They oversee the rules and regs for ours.

[Squirl]

http://www.eco-nomic.com/septic.htm
http://www.inspectapedia.com/septic/NYS75-A.0.htm

[suburbancowboy]

You will want to check your county codes.  They are all different.  I had to have a septic inspection certificate to get the building permit.

[rick91351]

Your state / county most time will tell you what you will put in.  In most places they will tell you how to do it.  There are very specific distances from live creeks, wells and your house.  I have put in several and believe me do not tell them what you are going to do.... They around here will shut you down so quick and they do not much care if you have a return to work or not.   

[Bill Houghton]

http://www.eco-nomic.com/septic.htm
http://www.inspectapedia.com/septic/NYS75-A.0.htm

Wow, fascinating reading on this site.  Thanks for posting it.  I can't believe I spent the better part of an hour reading there.   
FWIW, if I had the choice between a mound and a sand filter, I'd choose the sand filter.  I just hate the looks of a mound.  The sand filter has straight sides and fits in more with my sense of symmetry, etc...