| Assimilative Capacity: |
The ability of air, water, or soil to effectively degrade, decompose or disperse chemical or biological substances. Mitigation Note: As in the case of sewage saturation in soil under a building, the rate of introduction of the sewage pollutants to the soil, may exceed the rate at which the soil can assimilate all of the sewage and effluent matter. Health Note: If the substructure soil cannot assimilate and decompose the sewage matter through bioaugmentation in situ, adverse health effects may occur to human health of the building occupants. |