absorption-pit
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absorption pit
Also called: absorption trench, absorption well, soakaway, soakpit
Standards
a pit, trench or well dug into permeable ground, filled with broken stone, bricks or large granular material and usually covered with earth, where liquid may soak away into the ground. Also called soakaway
Source - AS/NZS 3500.0:2003: Plumbing and drainage
HB50
trench, pit or well excavated in permeable ground and filled with broken stone, bricks or large granular material and covered with earth, to allow liquid effluent to soak into the ground