Entries Tagged Onsite Septic System

Wildfires have become a year-round fact of life in California and other parts of the western United States, and while property owners...

After pumping the septic tank, in addition to checking the inlet and outlet baffles, the tank should be examined for any cracks...

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

Year after year, organizations fund grant programs to improve water quality by helping people repair or replace failing onsite systems, and a...

Soil compaction can bring serious consequences to septic system performance. Any soil treatment area (STA) — whether it is below grade with...

Sometimes when troubleshooting an onsite system, the answers do not seem to come and there are no immediately visible signs of something...

How often do you perform maintenance work on the same system for 20 years? Will the systems you install still be functioning...

Josh Wood says he’s done only three septic jobs in five years that he would consider easy or routine. The rest have...

Recently I was editing a System Profile feature for an upcoming issue and I was impressed once again with the ingenious design...

Ponding septage from a failed cesspool — now on a neighbor’s property — caused homeowner Jim Noga to research wastewater treatment options...

The area over and around the soil treatment area should be evaluated to determine the potential for extra water being added to...

As one solution to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering a...

Previously I discussed looking at troubleshooting indicators in the residence and in the sewer pipe from the house to the septic tanks. Now we turn...

After a few months of speculation, the proposal to give Michigan a statewide sanitary code is now in the Legislature. ...