Sympathize, but I humbly submit that if you build it it will come. I put a
toilet into my basement shop so I'd stop tracking chips upstairs, and yes old #2
does seem to happen there with some, um, regularity :-)

If it's really just #1, a gallon jug labeled MEN will get you quite a ways.

GWE

Andy Asberry wrote:

I've built a small shop (1500') on the farm. It is properly plumbed
inside for a sink and toilet. No zoning or permits required except for
septic. County has banned new conventional leach field systems.
Grandfathered ones can be repaired but not replaced.
Smallest permissible new is three 500 gallon tank aerobic with both
pumps.

I'll be the only one using it and it may not get used every day. And
then, probably only for a pee. There is livestock on the other side of
a fence 4 feet from the building.

Options and possibilities:

The new system which is out because of cost. operating permit is $450.

Connect to an existing conventional system (currently not in use) 60 '
away. With proper drop, waste line would enter tank half way down the
side, 3 feet or so. Lateral line would have to be replaced, deeper.

Pump from a new holding tank to an aerobic system 200 feet away. This
would involve trenching across an established lawn. Pretty much rule
this out.

Go take a leak in the barn or walk the 150 feet to the house..

Or...bootleg a small system that would be sized to handle the small
amount of waste.

I'm leaning toward the latter but I have concerns about whether there
would be enough solids to keep the bacteria working.

I'm thinking maybe two buried plastic barrels in series; pumping the
liquid from the second into the barnyard or a conventional lateral
line. Wouldn't be more than...maybe...5 gallons a day. Not just pee;
hand washing and flushing you know.

I'd like to hear comments and suggestions.

I suppose there is another option. Chamber pot/slop jar, depending on
which side of the Mason/Dixon line you're on.