How a typical septic system works:
- 1. All water runs out of your house from one main drainage (sewer) pipe into a septic tank. The septic tank is a buried, watertight container usually made of concrete, fiberglass, or polyethylene. Its job is to hold the wastewater long enough to allow solids to settle down to the bottom forming sludge, while the oil and grease floats to the top as scum. Compartments and a T-shaped outlet prevent the sludge and scum from leaving the tank and traveling into the drain field area.
- 2. The liquid wastewater (effluent) then exits the tank into the drain field.
- 3. The drain field is a shallow, covered, excavation made in unsaturated soil. Pretreated wastewater is discharged through piping onto porous surfaces that allow wastewater to filter though the soil. The soil accepts, treats, and disperses wastewater as it percolates through the soil, ultimately discharging to groundwater. If the drain field becomes overloaded with too much liquid, it can flood, causing sewage to flow to the ground surface or create backups in toilets and sinks.
Finally, the wastewater percolates into the soil, naturally removing harmful coliform bacteria, viruses and nutrients. Coliform bacteria is a group of bacteria predominantly inhabiting the intestines of humans or other warm-blooded animals. It is an indicator of human fecal contamination. https://www.epa.gov/septic/how-your…stem-works
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Our company sends a Septic Tank Status Report. This report contains the conditions of the drain and sewer lines, the location of the drain line, and the consistency of the sludge. These are the main issues that generally can go wrong with a system. If either of these fails, you will want to address these … Continue reading “Inspection”
We are very experienced with installation and repair of the existing septic tank and drain lines. The drain field is a shallow, covered, excavation made in unsaturated soil. Pretreated wastewater is discharged through piping onto porous surfaces that allow wastewater to filter though the soil. Because of the shallowness of the drain field, when building … Continue reading “Installation And Repair”