Building New Campground. Opinions Welcome!
My family is working on building a new campground from scratch and we would like to get some opinions from campers or campground owners. We considered building right off a major interstate on about 3...
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From others who have tried this, the big financial issue is putting in sewer lines and a treatment facility of some sort. You need to talk to your county health dept assuming they handle this sort of thing. Will they allow a big septic tank or not? Are you close to municipal sewer lines and maybe could tie into those?
Power and water are not so costly. But sewer lines have to have the correct slope which gets to be difficult. The slope is 1/4 to 3 inches per foot of line. So if the furthest pad is 200 feet away that puts the line at least 50 inches deep at the near end. You can get around this by putting in pumps but they have to be powered and maintained. It also may mean you'll have to hire a licensed engineer to sign the plans.
Thinking about water they might say this requires a water chlorination system. Depends on how they classify the water system. That means someone would have to get a water treatment license, not so hard since you'd need the lowest level.
Hearing this should make you imagine your money sprouting wings and flying away.
Power and water are not so costly. But sewer lines have to have the correct slope which gets to be difficult. The slope is 1/4 to 3 inches per foot of line. So if the furthest pad is 200 feet away that puts the line at least 50 inches deep at the near end. You can get around this by putting in pumps but they have to be powered and maintained. It also may mean you'll have to hire a licensed engineer to sign the plans.
Thinking about water they might say this requires a water chlorination system. Depends on how they classify the water system. That means someone would have to get a water treatment license, not so hard since you'd need the lowest level.
Hearing this should make you imagine your money sprouting wings and flying away.
