SSC JE Civil Engineering 30-Oct-2020 Shift 2 Paper

Explanation:
Soak pit:
● A soak pit, also known as a soakaway or leach pit, is a covered, porous-walled chamber that allows water to slowly soak into the ground.
● A soak pit is a covered, porous-walled chamber that allows water to slowly soak into the ground and also known as a soakaway or leach pit, and the pre-settled sewage from the septic tank is release to the underground chamber from where it infiltrates into the neighboring soils.
● So soak pits are preferred where the soil is porous in nature.