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sample was collected in a clean, dry, stainless steel bowl, then decanted into a plastic <br /> container and placed on ice for transport. The samples were analyzed for nitrate by <br /> FGL Environmental of Stockton. <br /> Nitrate was detected in the May 17, 2019 sample at a concentration of 0.4 mg/L-N, in <br /> the May 19, 2019 sample at a concentration of 0.2 mg/L-N, in the March 16, 2020 <br /> sample at a concentration of 0.2 mg/L, and in the May 18, 2020 sample at a <br /> concentration of 0.4 mg/L. Live Oak then averaged the concentrations of the four <br /> samples, for a value of 0.30 mg/L-N to represent the nitrate concentration of rain. <br /> Because the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department has requested that <br /> local and recent data be utilized wherever possible, the concentration of the Lodi <br /> rainwater been selected for use in the nitrate loading calculation. <br /> Quante and Quality of Domestic Wastewater <br /> Ms. Cox indicated that the new house on the Site will have two bedrooms. The existing <br /> house has four bedrooms. <br /> Crites and Tchobanoglous (1998) list a typical flow rate of 50 to 70 gallons per person <br /> per day for an individual residence. In the past, San Joaquin County Environmental <br /> Health Department has requested that the flow rate be calculated as 140 gallons per <br /> bedroom per day to reflect maximum usage. On March 4, 2020, however, Michael Kith, <br /> Registered Environmental Health Specialist and Land Use Program Coordinator at the <br /> San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department, stated that he has conferred <br /> with Norman Hantzsche (author of the 1992 paper discussed previously), and they have <br /> arrived at a new method to determine flow from residential sources. He indicated that <br /> wastewater flow from a single-family residence should be calculated as 100 gallons per <br /> day (gpd) for the first bedroom and 50 gpd for each additional bedroom; additional <br /> residences should be calculated in the same manner (personal communication, March <br /> 4, 2020). <br /> Using this method, the new two-bedroom house would contribute 150 gpd of <br /> wastewater, and the existing four-bedroom house would contribute 250 gpd, for a total <br /> of 400 gpd. <br /> A typical residential concentration of 35 mg/L of nitrate as N was selected for the <br /> residences (Crites and Tchobanoglous, 1998). <br /> The estimated flow values discussed here should not be used for the design and sizing <br /> of the septic system. The design and sizing of the septic system should utilize the San <br /> Joaquin County Environmental Health Department On-Site Wastewater Treatment <br /> Systems Standards which incorporate peak and surge flow factors. The estimates used <br /> LOGE 20-31 Page 10 <br />