How Does a Septic System Work?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2021
- Septic systems are a common method of waste treatment that are implemented in millions of homes across the United States alone. But how do they work?
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Written by: Michael Broussard NMED LW Program Manager
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I had a septic system that had been oversized to house and used it for 27 years before leaving the house. Not once were there any issues with the system, nor was the tank ever pumped. We did use bacteria producing products and yeast we flushed down the toilets monthly to bolster a healthy bacteria count in the septic tank. This bacteria liquefied the solids in the system. No problems ever with the drain field either.
would you mind sharing what bacteria producing products and yeast you flushed down?
@@beatrix2745 packs of bread making yeast in the grocery store. Box of Riddex you get in stores, Walmart, Lowes, Hardware Store. Every other month or so, we'd flush one or the other down. I had a plumber tell me the yeast was just as good as the Riddex.
@@tommywatterson5276 thank you for replying ! What about for the bacteria?
@@beatrix2745 the yeast is dormant in packs. You open and pour into the toilet and then flush, the bacteria activates and consumes the waste in the septic tank. The ridex does the same thing. It has dormant bacteria in product that activates when you flush it down into the system.
27 years is a long time. I recommend every 3 years. The bottom slide layer will build up and get so high it'll go into the drain field. Damaging it. Just because the top is fine doesn't mean it doesn't need to be pumped
I have an older septic system that does NOT have a baffle between the the sides. It is all round. It also has a vent stack and my drain field area is all sand.
well articulated
cool video. makes perfect sense. this seems like a very good method. thank you.
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Excellent
I'm soo glad they did an animation video. Cause it could be NASTY
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Im a plumbing apprentice and unfortunately for me i had the displeasure of climbing inside of one of these and stepping in that sludge and scraping the walls to put a layer of grout except we call this a grease interceptor. Very informative also by far the most filthy and disgusting ive ever felt in my entire life.
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You should have licked it
I can't even imagine😝
did u taste it
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Great Video very informative.
Yikes I am not sure whether or not there is an access port above the liquid portion on mine, but I am very positive that it has only ever been pumped on the solids side...
which drain field is better ez flow or chambers?
Does this process involve both filtration and bacterial conversion? Thank you!
What software did u use to make the video
perfect👍
This is nice, if making fertilizer just like teabag at the system so the water mixed, maybe the plan is a fertilizer-watering system? Because a clean water cant be dirty anyway? So 1 of the partition is to add fertilizer. Distillation tank to clean water then it enter here(the fertilizer mixture) should be then correct? Or it is immediately from sea? If sea, then before entering this, make a distillation tank for a 100% clean water is nicer.
But if immediately from sea, cant be the house is seawater? It will be sticky. Maybe it is someone else's idea? If from sea can just sponge filter and if about oil(can just take from lower level of sea).
I'd love to share this video to inform our customers. Is there a way I can do that? It is restricted to not allow Facebook shares/posts.
Absolutely! You should be able to copy the URL into a Facebook post if sharing from TH-cam to Facebook directly doesn't work. We haven't put any sharing restrictions on the video. Thanks!
i fckn love this low poly sht !
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so basically the solids and oils remain there till someone comes to remove em while the liquids are discharged into the soil?
Yep, you got it.
A lot of the solids are “eaten” by the microorganisms living in the tanks.
Can installing a reverse osmosis water cooler cause the septic tank to overflow? Since it releases the bad water into the septic tank?
Not unless your tank is filled with solids and needs to be drained. Everything that goes down the drain goes into your sewer pipe and ends up in the septic tank. This includes you doing the dishes, showers, sinks, tubs, washing machine etc. Water should naturally move out into the leech field unless the tank is full of solids, clogged, or the leech field is backed up. Adding more water down the drain from a water cooler isn't going to do anything bad.
Is a septic tank a deal breaker when buying a house? My wife and I are considering a mobile home on 3 acres but has a septic tank, it’s about 130k.
It’s definitely to be considered. If you can afford the upkeep & have researched the pros & cons & find it to be a great fit, I’d say go for it! But why am I? It’s your money. Spend it however you see fit. I’m just a stranger on the net. Congratulations on your new home!
Are there no sewer in the US?
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The gut health of septic tanks and gut of earth growing… our guts and brain connections. Some things feel right or wrong.
Wait so the gas goes back into the intake pipe aka back into the house?
That's how it works with a sewer system as well. All the drain pipes in your home are empty unless you are dumping something down the drain or flushing the toilet. The pipes get filled with air and sewer gasses. The P-trap on all your drains prevents sewer gases (or septic) gases from entering the home. Every drain pipe in your house should be connected to a series of vent pipes that exit the roof of your home through what is common called the "vent stack" where all the air and gases can escape the next time you use the drain. Without ventilation there would be nowhere for the air and gasses to go and your plumbing would slow down and eventually get backed up.
Here's an idea stop discarding the gases!, it is methan . Collect it and use it fir your gas stove and water heater
Its weird how my house never pumped septi tank for these 2 decades 🤔, maybe its different from this video
I’ll have to ask my dad 😅
Hey sir, don’t forgot to ask, you really should get it pumped before the worst happens lol
Here to remind again if you didn’t ask!!
@@danteortega6510 idk I’ve asked and they only answer maybe the tank is big enough all this time 😅
@@nama1243 Oh man that answer makes my skin crawl, hopefully that’s the case and you don’t have any catastrophic failure, hopefully lol
what kind of solids are we talking about
What happens to toilet paper? Is there a special type to use?
Evapotranspiration, didn’t even think that word existed
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So are veji grow from septic soil 😊
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I got two hooked up to my house. Ask me why!
Why?
@@CrochetNewsNetwork if you can imagine two septic systems. Yes you've read that correctly. short answer is to ensure continues sanitation, but there were a multitude of reasons why a home could use two separate systems. In the words of S. R. Hadden, "Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?" ever since, I've become a Christian and left my heliocentric ways, but the quote still stands equally as valid.
@@jmadventures9830 are they separate and self contained and you have a valve between/ or do they run in tandem at the same time?
@@CrochetNewsNetwork they're both separate and independent from each other ... one of this side of the house and the other on the other side of the house... i admit it's a little bit unnecessary but that's what happened
@@jmadventures9830i think its a smart idea, if one breaks you still have the other
I was doing it by myself unfortunately i became an engineer 😂 i did just like that without even knowing anything
where tha tampons go?
These things are forbidden here in europe. Discharging untreated wastewater is horrible. You should always have a bacterial or chemical cleaning step before discharging
not true 😂 i'm here in europe and all of us have them seems your referring to high dense bush city otherwise they are everywhere, google
wait, it should be sucked every 3 years? i don't think we've done that yet for the last 10years,lol
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