A Go-To Drainfield Solution for Compact Spaces

Todd Willis and his team install septic systems mainly on 1/4- and 1/2-acre lots with severe space constraints. That makes compact drainfields essential for New London County Septic & Excavation, serving southeast Connecticut and southwest Rhone Island. The company’s go-to drainfield solution is the GST Leaching System from Geomatrix Systems.The technology is an adaptation of traditional stone-filled leaching trenches. It uses a removable form that enables installers like Willis to shape and construct leaching “fingers” along the sides of a central distribution channel.The fingers are created with 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch washed stone and are surrounded with ASTM C-33 sand. The configuration