Dan Jennissen, Director
Pennington County Planning & Zoning
315 Saint Joseph Street
Suite 118
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605)394-2186
Fax: (605)394-6016 E-Mail the Planning Director
Do...
Use water efficiently.
Use household cleaners in moderation.
Avoid putting grease and fat down the drain.
Keep records of repairs, pumping, inspections and any other pertinent maintenance actions.
Learn the location of your on-site wastewater treatment system.
Put a fence or other barrier to prevent damage to your on-site wastewater
treatment system, if necessary.
Have the septic tank pumped periodically.
Take immediate action to correct problems when they arise.
Don´t...
Drive over or park on any part of an on-site wastewater treatment system.
Use an on-site wastewater treatment system as a trash can.
Build anything over an on-site wastewater treatment system or cover the system with a
hard surface such as concrete or asphalt.
Allow surface drainage of any kind to runoff over a drainfield.
Discharge water softener backwash or sump pump effluent into the septic tank.
Allow rain gutters or storm drains to discharge into or on top of an on-site wastewater
treatment system.
Plant water-loving or deep-rooted plants over the system.
Allow sump pump effluent to enter the septic tank and/or drainfield.
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