Small lots, lake lots — it’s not always easy to fit an onsite system on a tight lot. In many cases, holding tanks are a last resort. Some municipalities really limit which lots can even have a holding tank. On these lots, setbacks from the house, lake and well really shrink down the area.
Many years ago when I was trying to fit systems on tight sites, I had to go through the University of Wisconsin system and work with Jim Converse on "experimental" systems that used aerobic pretreatment, which gave us some downsizing capabilities. Those systems used air blower aerobic pretreatment
