Septic system. It's a topic nobody wants to talk about; but someone has to talk about it one way or another, and we might as well do it now. In case you haven't noticed, the septic system is crucial, even indispensable, to any community—urban or rural. You can't have a society without a septic system working under it, and vice versa. It goes both ways.

Foul odor coming out of a septic tank is a bad sign. Come to think of it, can there be any more effective sign than septic odor? That reeking sharp smell is more than anyone can take, and it's usually a sign of something bigger than just foul odor in your ho[...]

A septic tank requires cleaning to remove the scum or solid wastes that have accumulated in it over the years. The modern septic system was designed to allow liquid waste to flow freely back out as minerals for the soil. However, solid wastes are filtered in[...]

Most people, when they get their own property, take all their time designing and building the house first and worry about the septic system later. For the most part it works out just fine, the house is built and the septic system is up and running.

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Nobody is interested in thinking about what happens when someone forgets to clean his or her septic system in the backyard. We don't need to tell you either. Not draining and cleaning your septic tank is worse than letting the dirty dishes sit for two and a [...]

We all know where waste water ends up—in the septic tank. The water flows down the drain, through a long tunnel leading up to the tank that is the heart of the septic system. What happens in the tank? In the tank, the liquid portion is separated from t[...]

You can always settle for the community septic system set up by private corporations or the local government. It's more convenient that way, as you don't have to do anything but live in your house and let the authorities clean and maintain the septic system.[...]

The septic tank is the heart of any septic system. Like the human heart, the human body and the other organs are pointless without it. A septic system simply isn't the same without a septic tank. In fact, it won't work at all without a septic tank, so make s[...]

Septic tank. The term doesn't ring happy thoughts or images, does it? But it should. A septic tank is the lifeline, heart and soul of any septic system. Without a stable septic system, society will crumble to a pile of rotting solid wastes and methane gas. T[...]

It's tough not to talk about the septic versus sewer issue when everyone is talking about it, especially when the government declares “public sewer” and one member of the family says “septic system”, it's hard to make a decision. How[...]