Septic tank, a leach system?
my mom (i think) is a hoarder and think she is making a great enviromental leap and really living green by not flushing her tp, but rather put it within a trash can and sending it too a land pack (she did this before but because the previous home have sever pipe issues and could not handle tp and other uhhh...solids well) so this is not unknown and yes she needs help out because she always have an excuse for not flushing her tp, for as long as i can remember. anyhow cananyone give me the details on septic tanks beside a leach system, some do's and don'ts even good links that can spell out the ground rules.
Answers: Basically, waste sea and solids go to the "Tank". They "Break-down" from the deed of bacterias - mostly liquid but a small amount of drastically fine sludge (non-edibles and dead germs bodys). The liquid eventually "Overflows" into the leach corral and slowly percolates pay for to the water table - more germs futher do their thing within the gravel of the leach field until the resulting dampen is clear of any organic event.
Work quite capably. The system prefers to have a believable volume of "input" ( flushing/grey water, etc) to keep hold of everything in be a foil for.
Every so often the Tank should be Pumped Out to remove the "Sludge" portion so that it doesn't start overflowing into the leach enclosed space - it will clog up the field.
With 1500 gal container for 1 person, I wouldn't estimate it need be done terribly often. Call the pump-truck guy and ask. You can rob the tank cover bad and measure the sludge collected also.
no additvies... they do not work.... time of year
Pump the septic tank every 4-5 years
don't put excess sea (rain run off, empty a pool, etc) in the system
TP is fine, it biodegrades faster than a landfill
no tampex etc, no papertowels
http://www.epa.gov/owm/septic/pubs/homeo...
We hold a septic tank out at the fish farm, and pump it out every 4 years. We use a Septic safe TP, and enjoy NEVER had a problem.
We have the system inspected when we bought the house 7 years ago... ONLY "Numbers 1 & 2", the TP, and shower/sink water step down the system. We have a separate leach-field for garage sea that has chemicals.
Live Green MOM !! Set up a Compost Heap to relieve dispose of the TP if you're really worried !!
http://www.epa.gov/owm/septic/pubs/homeo... Is a GREAT link.
I hold had 1200 gallon septic tank with 5 those in the house that be not pumped in 11 years. By not putting the things you mentioned into the cistern, it should work very capably for years. I don't believe in the additives. I used Draincare by Zep almost every other month for the pipes, not the tank. It is an enzyme drain cleaner that works beside bacteria, equal as the septic does. The TP is not a real issue as far as hurting the system.
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