Your Septic System Specialists
Most calls we get for septic problems start off with
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"I just had my tank pumped out and now it is full again."
Well by that time it is too late, the damage is done for the simple reason of neglect.
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Generally they have no idea what kind of system they have or how to care for it.
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Most of these calls come from the 2nd, 3rd,, 20th owner of the home and all they know is the toilet won't flush!
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To be honest unless you actually watched the system go in or you have the actual design plan
you most likely will be lost as to what is there and where it is.
Gravity Flow Trench System: The most common system starts with the sewer pipe that runs to
the tank at a determined slope, from the tank it will run to the distribution box. The “D-box” distributes the
flow equally to each lateral in the field bed.
Flood Dose Trench System: This system is the same as above but needs a pump to get effluent
to the field bed. This system is needed for one of a few reasons: a soil limitation, size of field bed, or field
bed is a higher elevation than tanks.
Mound System: This is a familiar site and usually very visible. The mound system will not have a d-
box; the pump line will go directly into the manifold for the pressure laterals. Mounds are required for poor
soil or uncontrollable high water table.
Your Soil Type, Topography and Number of Bedrooms will
determine the type of system, how large it is and Ultimately the cost of it.
Your Septic Tank is just one component that makes up a Septic System. The Septic Tank's responsibility is to allow anaerobic
bacteria to break down your Sewage to what would then be called Effluent. Effluent then moves to the Absorption Field be it
Trenches, Mound or whatever. There will be a step or two between the Septic Tank and Absorption Field outlined in the drawings
above. Once it's in the Absorption Field Aerobic Bacteria and other "no see ums' living in your soil will digest the remaining nutrients
in your Effluent. Rule of thumb after traveling through 24" of non-saturated soil the Effluent is now purified water so to speak.
Problems come about once the soil becomes clogged from Bio-mat or just inorganic matter that has accumulated over the years
and there is not much else to do at this point but replace the Absorption Field in a new location. Proper Maintenence and Filters will
extend the working life of a system dramatically.
Below are some basic common scenarios for a Septic System in South West Indiana,
there are others but they are much less common.