LAC 51:XIII.1501
LAC 51:XIII.1501. General Requirements
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 51, pt. XIII, § 1501
A. See Note (a)
Place | Loading | Daily Average Flow Gallons per Day | Daily Average BOD5 Pounds per Day | Design Basis
Apartments | 250 | 0.425 | one bedroom
Apartments | 300 | 0.52 | two bedroom
Apartments | 400 | 0.68 | three bedroom
Assembly | Note (b) | 2 | 0.0034 | per seat
Bowling Alleys (no food service) | Note (b) | 75 | 0.13 | per lane
Churches | Note (b) | 5 | 0.0088 | per sanctuary seat
Churches (with permitted kitchens) | Note (c) | 10 | 0.017 | per sanctuary seat
Country Clubs | 50 | 0.085 | per member
Dance Halls | Note (b) | 2 | 0.0034 | per person
Drive-In Theaters | 5 | 0.0085 | per car space
Factories (no showers) | 20 | 0.051 | per employee
Factories (with showers) | 35 | 0.06 | per employee
Food Service Operations
Ordinary Restaurant (not 24 hour) | 35 | 0.12 | per seat
24-hour Restaurant | 50 | 0.17 | per seat
Banquet Rooms | 5 | 0.017 | per seat
Restaurant Along Freeway | 100 | 0.33 | per seat
Curb Service (drive-in) | 50 | 0.17 | per car space
Bar, Cocktail Lounges, Taverns
(no food service or very little food service) | 25 | 0.084 | per seat
(with regular food service) | 35 | 0.12 | per seat
Video Poker Machine | 100 | 0.20 | per machine
Fast Food Restaurants | 40 | 0.13 | per seat
Hotel/Motel Food Service | 45 | 0.17 | per room
Homes/Mobile Homes in Subdivisions | 400 | 0.68 | per dwelling
Individual Homes/Mobile Homes (where individual sewage technology is utilized. For each additional bedroom add 100 gpd) | 250 | 0.425 | one bedroom
Individual Homes/Mobile Homes (where individual sewage technology is utilized. For each additional bedroom add 100 gpd) | 300 | 0.51 | two bedrooms
Individual Homes/Mobile Homes (where individual sewage technology is utilized. For each additional bedroom add 100 gpd) | 400 | 0.68 | three bedrooms
Hospitals (no resident personnel) | Note (c) | 200 | 0.51 | per bed
Institutions (residents) | Note (c) | 100 | 0.25 | per person
Municipalities | 100 | 0.17 | per person
Mobile Home Parks
up to 5 trailer spaces | 400 | 0.68 | per mobile home space
6 trailer spaces or more | 300 | 0.51 | per mobile home space
Motels | Note (b) | 100 | 0.12 | per unit
Nursing and Rest Homes | Note (c) | 100 | 0.25 | per patient
100 | 0.17 | per resident employee
Office Buildings | 20 | 0.051 | per employee
Recreational Vehicle Dumping Stations | Consult OPH
Recreational Vehicle Parks and Camps | 125 | 0.21 | per trailer or tent space
Retail Store | 20 | 0.034 | per employee
Schools―Elementary | Note (c) | 15 | 0.038 | per pupil
Schools―High and Junior High | Note (c) | 20 | 0.051 | per pupil
Retail Fuel Stations (Located on major highways, etc., and whose primary function is to provide fuel and service to motor vehicles) | Note (d) | 250 | 0.43 | per individual vehicle fueling point (up to the first four)
Retail Fuel Stations (Located on major highways, etc., and whose primary function is to provide fuel and service to motor vehicles) | 125 | 0.21 | for each additional individual vehicle fueling point
Shopping Centers (no food service or laundries) | 0.2 | 0.00034 | per square foot of floor space
Swimming Pool (including employees) | 10 | 0.017 | per swimmer
Showers | 20 | 0.04 | per shower
Vacation Cottages | 50 | 0.12 | per person
Youth and Recreation Camps | Note (c) | 50 | 0.12 | per person
Washing Machines | 400 | 1.34 | per machine
1. Note (a) If loading criteria other than presented here are used, they should be justified.
2. Note (b) Food Service waste not included.
3. Note (c) Food Service waste included but without garbage grinders.
4. Note (d) Vehicle fueling points are an arrangement of gasoline or diesel fuel pumps to serve automobiles or other vehicles. For the purposes of these guidelines, a vehicle fueling point is one that serves a vehicle at one time. Food service waste not included.
Note: Design calculations for sewage treatment facilities must be made based on both hydraulic loading(s) and organic loading(s). Final design of facility to be used upon the larger capacity (size) required by these calculations.
B. Figures
1. Methods of Making Percolation Tests
2. Typical Layout of Absorption Trench
3. Absorption Field System for Sloping Ground
4. Absorption Trench and Lateral Details
5. Typical Layout: Septic Tank/Oxidation Pond System
6. Oxidation Pond Timber Retaining Wall Details
7. Oxidation Pond Concrete Block Retaining Wall Details
8. Leveed Oxidation Pond
9. Typical Layout: Septic Tank/Sand Filter Bad System
10. Sand Filter Bed Details
11. Chlorinator
12. Effluent Reduction Tankage
13. Effluent Reduction Field
14. Rock Plant
15. Spray Irrigation Schematic
16. Overland Flow
17. Mounds
18. Drip Disposal System
19. Pumping Chamber for Effluent Reduction