Entries Tagged Drainfield

Washed rock is used as distribution media in soil treatment area, media filters and in interceptor drains. It is obtained from quarries...

Church mission trips usually don’t send a crew of mostly inexperienced people from a small Midwestern town to install a wastewater system...

Sand filter units suitable for small footprint lotProblem: A fuel transfer station in Scott City, Kansas, needed a new septic system after...

Ray Tebo grew up on a farm near St. Anne, Illinois, where he now runs his wastewater business, New Excavating Technology. He...

A few months ago, we wrote a column about the importance of paying attention to conditions outside the system installation and taking them...

We always spend time at workshops discussing what happens in the soil when septic tank effluent is applied by gravity. We’ve had...

Drainfield Components Advanced Drainage Systems Septic StackThe Septic Stack system from Advanced Drainage Systems is available in configurations of 9, 11 and...

In south-central North Carolina, space for drainfields on rural lots is often limited. That’s especially true of properties on Lake Norman, just...

Many researchers and onsite professionals have long recognized the benefits of periodically resting all or parts of a drainfield to restore soil...

Before becoming a passion, doing weekend percolation tests and drawing onsite designs in CAD for an engineer was an additional revenue source...

In standard septic systems with underground, gravity-fed soil absorption, the even distribution of wastewater across the drainfield is difficult to achieve due...

Huber’s Orchard and Winery is a popular attraction located in Starlight, Indiana, that allows visitors to take part in the seasonal harvest....

The director of Starting Point, an organization that operates Grace House, a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Conway, New Hampshire,...

Drainfield trenches should be installed level and on the contour. If surfacing occurs at the end of one or more trenches, they...