This may sound stupid but its been weighing on me the past couple of weeks. We recently moved and our new home is on septic. I do tons of wc's 2 or 3 a week per tank and is it possible that i could flood the septic tank ? Fish waste water is drained into the toilet
Septic tank question
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possible to fill it up but I highly doubt it...why don't you drain either outside or into a sink? I just drain into my bathroom sink.
Draining into a sink will still put it into a septic tank. I have a septic tank as well but I drain my tanks out a window or into my sump pump pit which shoots it outside. The pit to the right of my sump is my lift station pit which does go to my septic.
It shouldn't flood the tank. Waste water goes into the septic tank (which has baffles in it) from your house where solids settle out. There will be a hole near the top of the tank, on the opposite end from where it the waste enters, through which the liquid will exit and either drain to the leach field or get pumped to the leach field (depending on location of the leach field). The liquid is dispersed into the leach field and seeps back into the ground. As above, water changes won't flood your tank but if you feel better about it, pump the water outside. As a side note, you should get your septic tank pumped out every couple of years.
Yes the leach field size is determined by how fast the soil will drain. If your in heavy clays, you will have problems. If it is sandy soil you will probably befine.
I do wc out the window. In the winter it's a awsome de icer for the driveway.
i have a grey water line to the ditch in my area. all the houses do. sink water and laundry water go out to the road. assumed it was the same in most places to avoid putting excess water into the septic.
Thanks for the suggestions. I grew up and lived most of my life in brooklyn ny lol
I could drain water into the sump pit as the tanks arent far. Could aslo drain out of the window into the yard. Would need a pump since they are in the basement but that could also speed up wc's
Another question the uard is a disaster and still being worked on. The grading was horrible and we have pooling in a bunch of areas. One area where the pooling is pretty bad is where i think the septic or leecg field is. They are coming back to re-grade the yard so it not a major concern but i was told that having water settle on there is a no no because it affects how the water from the septic field evaporates or perculates or something
I could drain water into the sump pit as the tanks arent far. Could aslo drain out of the window into the yard. Would need a pump since they are in the basement but that could also speed up wc's
Another question the uard is a disaster and still being worked on. The grading was horrible and we have pooling in a bunch of areas. One area where the pooling is pretty bad is where i think the septic or leecg field is. They are coming back to re-grade the yard so it not a major concern but i was told that having water settle on there is a no no because it affects how the water from the septic field evaporates or perculates or something
You may have to figure out the type of septic system you have first since there are a few different designs. You may be able to contact your local health department to see if they have a record of when your system was installed and the type it is though sometimes their records are incomplete if the system is more than 20 years old.
Usually you don't want to overload your system by adding too much waste water in one day so if you have a lot of aquariums or large ones, you can stagger water changes during the week.
You also should find out where your sump pit water is draining to, usually it doesn't drain to the septic tank since they are usually installed to drain footer water around the perimeter of the house and that water doesn't 'need' to be treated biologically.
Hopefully your yard work people have some knowledge of working in the 'septic' zone section of the property so they don't cause any future problems.
Having said all the above, we also have a 'septic' system though ours is a Jet Aeration system and doesn't have the multiple leach drain type of system. It has a single vapor ditch that is used to leach the minor effluent at the end of the biological process. All our household water goes into the system except the water softener discharge which is piped separately onto the property. Our fish room drains 300G per week into the 'septic' system with no over overloading issues and our other tanks drain 300G per week directly to the back yard.
Hope this helps!
Usually you don't want to overload your system by adding too much waste water in one day so if you have a lot of aquariums or large ones, you can stagger water changes during the week.
You also should find out where your sump pit water is draining to, usually it doesn't drain to the septic tank since they are usually installed to drain footer water around the perimeter of the house and that water doesn't 'need' to be treated biologically.
Hopefully your yard work people have some knowledge of working in the 'septic' zone section of the property so they don't cause any future problems.
Having said all the above, we also have a 'septic' system though ours is a Jet Aeration system and doesn't have the multiple leach drain type of system. It has a single vapor ditch that is used to leach the minor effluent at the end of the biological process. All our household water goes into the system except the water softener discharge which is piped separately onto the property. Our fish room drains 300G per week into the 'septic' system with no over overloading issues and our other tanks drain 300G per week directly to the back yard.
Hope this helps!
Yes it def does help! I do know where the sump drains lol.
The sump and our home filtration system drains out of a seperate pipe towards the side of our back yard so yeah it doesnt drain into septic.... def gonna ask about what type of system we have.