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How Septic Systems Work
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CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC SYSTEM
- Wastewater flows from the home or business into a septic tank
- Solids settle on the bottom of the tank, and less dense materials, such as grease, oils and soap, float to the top.
- The liquid in the middle of the tank or wastewater flows out into a distribution box, which distributes the water into the septic drain field.
- Baffles prevent grease, oil and soap from escaping into the septic drain field.
- The septic drain field is a series of trenches lined with perforated pipes, covered by soil.
- The wastewater passes through holes in the pipes and leaches into the drain field soil, which acts as a natural filter.
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DRYWELL SEPTIC SYSTEM
- Wastewater flows from the home or business into a septic tank
- Solids settle on the bottom of the tank, and less dense materials, such as grease, oils and soap, float to the top.
- The liquid in the middle of the tank ("wastewater") flows under baffles that prevent soap and grease from entering the septic drywell.
- The wastewater flows via a pipe into the drywell, usually a tall concrete cylinder that has holes in the side and an open bottom, covered in soil.
- The wastewater then seeps out into the surrounding soil, which filters the effluent.
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CESSPOOLS
- Wastewater flows from the home or business into a cesspool septic tank.
- The tank is a hole lined with stone or concrete to form a pit into which sewage is discharged.
- Solids settle on the bottom of the tank, and liquids remain on top.
- Wastewater is absorbed into the soil of the septic drain field, from both below and through the sides of the cesspool.
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Septic Drainer breaks this bond and allows the soil to Percolate!
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| The Truth About a Septic Drain System |
A leach field septic drain system consists of a septic tank that generally flows to a distribution
box with perforated pipes
branching out that allows the
liquid waste to seep into the soil. A dry well septic system (sometimes referred to as a
cesspool
system)
is a porous concrete chamber that allows liquid waste to
seep into the surrounding soil.
90% of failing, or failed systems are due to poor
soil conditions that inhibit the liquid waste from
percolating out of the septic
system and into the
surrounding area.
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well, drain field and leach field maintenance!

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