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Make Your Sluggish Septic System Good as New!

If you live in a rural or unincorporated area, there’s a good chance your home is equipped with a septic system. Why? Because your home produces kitchen and bathroom sewage waste, and that waste has to go somewhere. IN more populated areas, homes are connected to a city or county sewage system, but in less populated areas home sewage is handled by a septic system.

Your home septic system consists of two main parts, a septic tank and a drain field. Plumbing connects sources of home waste (i.e. toilets and sinks) with the septic tank. The septic tank normally consists of two chambers, one that holds the solid waste (which is subsequently pumped out) and another that treats the remaining liquid sewage. The septic tank releases the remaining treated liquid into the drain field, where it is evenly distributed over a wide area.

As with all systems, a home septic system requires regular maintenance, and despite maintenance can malfunction. The symptoms of a malfunctioning or sluggish septic system are threefold. One, you might notice unusually foul odors emanating from the septic area. Two, you might notice pools of water around the drain field. Finally, you might observe that your toilets are under performing. If one or more of these symptoms are occurring, you very likely have a septic system in need of repair. So, what should you do?

To provide immediate relief to the problem, have your septic tank pumped. This service should be performed on your system at least every three years regardless of how the system is performing. In the case of an under performing system, pumping the tank serves as a temporary measure while you address the bigger problem at hand.

Fix the Septic System Problem

To address the bigger problem, you have to begin at the end. That is to say that the problem is in the drain field. Remember those pools of water? These pools are a visual indicator that the field is no longer draining properly. Why is this happening? Because sewage from the septic tank is forming an impenetrable layer of sludge on your drain field, making it impossible for septic fluid to drain properly. To fix the problem of the thick non-absorbent layer in your drain field, you first have to convert your septic system from oxygen-free to oxygen-rich.

By converting your septic system from anaerobic to aerobic, the the drain field problem will be solved. You will notice the layer of sludge disintegrate. The pooling sewage will disappear, meaning your septic system is back in business!

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