Kent and Peggy Affolter received a surprise recently when their septic system backed up into their downstairs shower, and it wasn’t sewage.The Affolters paid to be hooked up to the Eugene, Oregon, sewer system back in 1989, and they’ve been paying utility fees ever since. So they were shocked when the plumber they called to help with their shower situation told them they were still connected to the old septic system.How can a septic system function with absolutely no maintenance and without being pumped for almost three decades?I asked my go-to septic guy, Jim Anderson (you know him as the Answer
