[geeks] Why?

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

City boy!

Domestic Onsite Sewage Treatment.

You poop.
You flush.
It goes into a baffled tank.
poop settles to bottom of tank (hopefully).
Water/liquid flows under baffle and out exit pipe.
Exit pipe joins a network of perforated plastic pipes burried in loose
gravel and sand (the leach field).

If you crush the sand/gravel the water won't settle into the earth and you
have a problem. You also have a problem if you don't pump the tank
occationally and let solids (poop) flow into the field. That is also why
garbage disposals are a bad idea for a septic-equiped house.

James Fogg, Network Engineer
Vicinity Corporation - New Hampshire
(603) 442-1751

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Steven Hill [mailto:sjh at matrix.net]
~ Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:05 AM
~ To: 'geeks at sunhelp.org'
~ Subject: RE: [geeks] Why?
~ 
~ 
~ > They are right to be nervous. Leach fields are sensitive things and
~ > expensive to replace. Autos are considered to be way to 
~ much pressure for a
~ > leach field.
~ 
~ leach field?
~ 
~ S.
~ 
~ -- 
~ Steven Hill
~ Systems Administrator
~ 
~ www.matrixnetsystems.com
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