Most of the world's septic systems are designed in a way that requires aseptic drain fieldor “leach field” to drain away any excess water. When solid waste settles in a septic tank, the excess wastewater is then discharged into the septic drain field through a network of perforated pipes....
Steel septic tank baffles rust off, sending solids into the leach field, shortening its life. A steel tank baffle is visible in the lower left ofthis photo. Watch out:steel septic tanks rust out and collapse, often sending solids into the leach field and reducing its future life as well....
Washing machine backups: Large volume wastewater discharges (such as, washing machines, dishwashers and bathtubs) may cause either a backup, as noted above, or, an overflow of sewage above the septic tank or leaching field. Ifthis condition is usually at its worst during and/or directly foll...
Instead, blackwater is sent to a solar-enhanced septic tank with leach-field and planter cells (the whole being often referred to as the “incubator”). The solar-enhanced septic tank is a regular septic tank which is heated by the sun and glazed with an equator-facing window. The ...
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I've seen it before where the electric company wants to do some work on a pole which will also involve upgrading the transformer. The field designer will go out to the pole and not be able to get access so he turns the job back in and it sits for many months and sometimes for over...
As has been noted, Wissa stated that a truly significant loss of permeability takes place if gravel is buried in the host soil (11). Problems associated with the use of gravel in septic-tank leachfield systems The second floor is dedicated to renowned architect and artist Ramses Wissa Wassef...
A worse way to go about it would be to lay the flagstone upon a bed of gravel and then cement the joints between stones. Horrible idea. The gravel base is flexible and will move ever so slightly during freeze-thaw. Well, if the base was done poorly the movement might be more then ...
In the photo at left, the inspector pointed to the bottle of acid and wondered how much photo chemical had gone into the septic system and worried about what that might mean for the health of the leach field. Even if the septic drainfield field appeared to be "working" it might not be...
should recognize that the first cesspool is nominally functioning as a septic tank. This means that this unit is likely to be fitted with inlet and outlet pipes and will not have the requisite free space of six inches or half a day's storage volume that is required for a single cesspool...