Sara Heger Articles

Proper bedding and cover materials help to ensure a long-term, sustainable septic system

An AMA is generally used for remediation of systems having issues with wastewater acceptance in the soil treatment area, but they can also be used to improve effluent quality for a new system

Whenever possible you want to avoid compaction of the soil treatment area and choosing the correct equipment is a great step to meeting this goal

Minimizing water runoff and erosion helps reduce a variety of soil-related problems on installation sites

Following these procedures when constructing soil treatment areas will help to assure the system is a long-term solution

The ultimate loading rate for a soil treatment area is based on soil and site conditions at several locations

Both during construction and with existing systems there are measures that can be taken to reduce the likelihood that systems will freeze

Consistence features of the soil will determine whether water can be properly treated on a potential site