Recently Read: The Septic System Owners Manual

[ellyssian]

The Septic System Owners Manual

When we first moved in here, I had joked around with the realtor that they needed a book called "The Care and Feeding of Septic Systems" for city folk who move out to the country. This is that book.

It covers how the system works, what possible components are involved, and how to care for it. There's a bit on greywater systems, but just enough to give some basic ideas.

There's a section on what to feed septic systems - and more importantly, what not to feed them.

This doesn't quite give you enough information to set out and build a system from scratch - although it comes close - but that's not really its intention. It's a quick read that will familiarize the homeowner with what they need to know, and after that it makes a good reference for when things go wrong.

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[arkiewriter.livejournal.com]

Back when I worked for the portapotty/septic service company, we could have used a whole truckload of that kind of book. ;-)

A driver would get out to someone's house and say "It's going to be a LONG WHILE." It was amazing how many folks would ignore the system until their pipes starting backing up into the house - and this in an area where septic systems brush right up to town lines in a lot of places still.