CAT CANS BLOG

30 March 2016

SEPTIC SYSTEM MAINTENANCE….THE FORGOTTEN PREP

Right now, as I am writing this, we just received two phone calls with customers having major issues with their septic systems.  A combination of rain and deferred maintenance have resulted in nightmare situations.  What do I have to tell them when the septic tank is full and the lateral field is fully saturated?…NO FLUSHING, NO LAUNDRY AND NO SHOWERS!

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We highly encourage you to consider routine maintenance to be a must-do prep.  Don’t fall into the category of this customer…

“I consider myself moderately well-prepared, but my neglect of one critical infrastructure has really opened my eyes.

Recently, the drain field for my aged septic system failed, in part because I had procrastinated on getting the tank pumped.  This should be routine maintenance, for rural homeowners, and I had neglected it — something I will never do again!!

Getting the required repair permit, then getting on the schedule of a reliable excavator, took 2 weeks – and it was December, so if one of our Kansas snowstorms had it, the project would have had to wait until spring.  I had running water aplenty, I just couldn’t allow very much of it to go down the drain!!!

It is not important to me that you publish this, but I hope that you can at least make a brief note to folks that a fully functioning septic system goes hand-in-hand with fresh running water in your home.  You do not want to have to deal with a failed sewage system once the S* has Already Hit the Fan!!”  signed Now Aware Septic Owner