Information on Septic Systems and Grease Traps
Cleaning Your Septic Tank
The best way to keep your septic tank safe and efficient is to have it cleaned regularly. Without frequent cleaning, it can go over its capacity limit and rupture, leaking its contents into your home or backyard and causing significant safety hazards for you, your children, and your pets. A septic tank is one thing that many people don't think about until it's too late. Has your septic tank cleaned before it leads to substantial contamination problems and costly repairs?
When You Have an Emergency
We will do everything possible to dispatch septic or environmental specialist within one hour of your call. In many cases, we can talk you through a situation to provide temporary relief until our professional help arrives.
Septic systems are individual wastewater treatment systems that use the soil to treat small wastewater flows, usually from individual homes. They are typically used in rural or large lot settings where centralized wastewater treatment is impractical.
There are many types of septic systems in use today. While all septic systems are individually designed for each site, most septic systems are based on the same principles, typically consisting of a septic tank, a distribution box, and a drain field, all connected by pipes called conveyance lines. Your system may also be integrated with a pump system inside and outside the home.
Your septic system treats household wastewater by temporarily holding it in the septic tank where heavy solids and lighter scum are separate from the wastewater. The solids stored in the tank are partially decomposed by bacteria and later removed, along with the lighter scum, by our professional licensed septic tank pumper.
After the partially treated wastewater leaves the tank, it flows into a distribution box, which separates this flow evenly into a drain field trenches network. Drainage holes at the bottom of each line allow the wastewater to drain into gravel or gravel-less trenches for temporary storage. This effluent then slowly seeps into the subsurface soil, where it is further treated and purified.
