NewSepticTrench Based Systems Design Process
Septic systems which utilize trenches
landplan.io offers a set of drawing tools to easily generate trench system maps and design plans.
You can easily share your plans with regulatory agencies and installation contractors.
Follow the steps below generate a Trench System Design Plan:
Draw a Building With Flow feature and use the feature properties window to generate your flow rate: click here to learn more about our building with flow tool: Building with Flow
Connect a Sewer Main feature from the building at the estimated sewer exit of the building to the desired tank location click here to learn more about our pipe drawing tools: Sewer Main
Add a series of Tanks. You can use our Tank Tools to easily select local products from local Tank Manufacturers. Septic, Treatment Tanks, and Dose Tanks, Pumps, and Control Panels are often all needed in combination to generate an approved discharging system as these systems are often rely on high technology. click here to learn more about our tank drawing tools: Tank Tools
Draw a Trench on a Contour Line using the Trench Tool. click here to learn more about the trench tool: Trench Tool
Use the Contour System Forms to generate more trench features and a bed. click here to learn more about the contour systems form: Create Contour System Forms
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Important properties to make sure you set in the contour form are Distribution Trench Media, Trench Width, Trench Distribution Configuration, Number of Trenches, and Trench Spacing
If you need to edit any of the drawn trenches, make sure the Trench Tool 
is selected, then you can hover your cursor over top of the trench lines and pull them to the desired location. You may have to start at the top or base of the trench field, then move inward trench by trench. 
WARNING
Deleting the Distribution Bed feature will cause issues when trying to generate a plan through the calculator. It is used to store data related to your mound draw.
You can add a Distribution Method if you want to include a distribution box or valve. click here to learn more about the distribution method tool: Distribution Method Tool
- Add a Force Main (piping from the pump) or Distribution Main (gravity effluent pipe) from the last tank to the distribution method or first trench
You can repeat steps 4-7 to create multiple trench bed systems. This way you can generate many beds and design systems for higher flow rates.
After your drawings are completed in landplan.io, you can do a few things:
a. Share your map digitally via the share interface: Share your Map Digitally
b. Generate a PDF Map via the Print View interface: Print a PDF Map
c. Generate a PDF Plan via the Calculator interface: Print a PDF Report