One question that comes into play when designing mound systems is, how large should the bed be? In Minnesota we have continued to use a soil-sizing factor for the sand bed in the mound of 0.83 square feet per gallon per day, which is equivalent to a loading rate of 1.2 gallons...
This article is part of a series on mound design:
- Do We Need Design Guidance for Mound Systems?
- Where Should You Put a Mound System?
- The Importance of Sand Specification
- More Mound Design Tips
- How Do You Determine Absorption Width?
