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08-06-2002, 19:52

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Septic Tank Pumping -- Do you need to

I see the posts to this topic are from May, but I'll ad my 2 cents. I work at a sewer and water distributorship, so we deal with materials for septic systems every day.

DO have your septic tank pumped every 3-4 years. You don't want solids to gradually build up in the tank to the point that some are flowing out with the liquid to your drainfield or are being pumped into your mound system. Solids getting into the drainfield are the quickest way to cause a system to fail.

DON'T put additives into your septic system. After pumping, there is always enough bacteria left to start another colony. Especially do not put in any additives that are advertised to "clean" your septic tank. I recently got to see firsthand the result of a restaurant's septic system after the owner put in "tank cleaner" additive. He definitely did have a sparkly clean septic tank but unfortunately EVERYTHING went out into his large mound system and the end result was his paying over $15,000 to replace the mound treatment area - in the last place on the property that he might have expanded his business in the future.

DON'T dump oil, paints, or any chemicals into your septic system. In your drainfield, sewer water filters out thru the particles in the soil, seeps away and is cleansed. All the items I mentioned, along with high amounts of food, etc introduced into septic systems, plug up the gaps between the particles in the soil of the drainfield. If that happens your drainfield will fail and you'll end up putting in an expensive replacement drainfield.

End of speech.... Good luck!

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Septic Tank Pumping -- Do you need to

Mark,
Bleach and stuff that is normally used and enters the septic system aren't a problem. Dilution, evaporation, etc help take care of things like that as well. Oil, paints and similar things that will coat the soil in the drainfield - those are the things that shouldn't go down the drain.

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Mark, Bleach and stuff that is normally used and enters the septic system aren't a problem. Dilution, evaporation, etc help take care of things like that as well. Oil, paints and similar things that will coat the soil in the drainfield - those are the things that shouldn't go down the drain.

Mark,
Bleach and stuff that is normally used and enters the septic system aren't a problem. Dilution, evaporation, etc help take care of things like that as well. Oil, paints and similar things that will coat the soil in the drainfield - those are the things that shouldn't go down the drain.