Establishing Onsite Treatment System Elevations Using a Benchmark

How to use instrument height and backsight to specify elevations for septic system plans

Establishing Onsite Treatment System Elevations Using a Benchmark

As discussed earlier, a benchmark should be relatively permanent. So one is often set at a corner of a building, large boulder or some other location that will be there for a long time. If you were to work off a surveying post established by the U.S. Geological Survey, you would...

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