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30 August 2019 <br />AGE Project No. 19-4819 <br />Page 12 of 15 <br /> <br />showering/bathing, clothes washing, cooking, and hand washing. The reasonable or <br />maximum usage of wastewater for the two-bedroom mobile home is 140 gpd per bedroom <br />for a total of 280 gpd. The total nitrate-nitrogen (NO3_N) average concentrations in <br />domestic waste ranges between 20 to 85 milligram total nitrogen liter (mg/l-N) with an <br />average of 45 mg/l-N when washing and sanitation is considered. <br /> <br />The weighted average calculation for total nitrogen concentrations for onsite residential <br />flow is proposed as the following: <br /> <br /> Residential volume 280 gpd. <br /> Home use concentration 45 mg/l-N (EHD standard). <br /> The flow concentration of 12,600 mg/l-N gallon. <br /> <br /> <br />9.5. DENITRIFICATIONS CAUSED BY SOILS <br /> <br />The process of denitrification is important when utilizing subsurface septic lines and <br />regularly occurs in the soil within the leach fields where bacteria utilize oxygen in the <br />nitrate to release nitrogen gas out to the atmosphere. The denitrification process is <br />controlled by waste concentrations, soil type, annual rainfall, pH of the soils, total organic <br />concentration of the soil (TOC) and exposure time to nitrogen. The soils with a high or <br />moderate clay content, higher organic content, high pH and adequate soil moisture <br />denitrify the concentrations by approximately 30 percent and less desirable soils with <br />more sands and faster percolation rates (less moisture and clay content) denitrify only <br />about 10 percent. <br /> <br />A denitrification factor of 25 percent was selected for the calculation based on the silty <br />clayey fine-grained sand soil existing at the site. <br /> <br /> <br />9.6. MASS BALANCE OF NITROGEN LOADING <br /> <br />The EHD requires the user to consider all potential sources identified for wastewater <br />generation. Further, the EHD supports the use of Hantzsche/Finnemore, or other <br />appropriate formula/model to calculate a mass of nitrogen loading. <br /> <br />RESIDENTIAL: <br /> <br />The Hantzsche / Finnemore (Nr) equation for residential home application: <br />Nr = I x Nw (1-d) + R x Nb ÷ (I+R) <br />Definitions: <br /> <br />Nr = The average concentration of nitrate-nitrogen in the recharged waste water parts per <br />million of nitrate-nitrogen. <br />