During basic septic system classes, we stress trying to meet two goals that often work against each other during the designing and installing process: We (more particularly the homeowner) want the final soil dispersal and treatment area to accept all the water that exits the house, while at the same time treating effluent before it is released to the environment. Meeting these goals protects human health and the environment.
Our basic classes concentrate on single household (domestic) waste, although we briefly discuss some other business or commercial systems. In this context we discuss (and have reported in this column previously) household
