COME VISIT OUR 2023 HOME SHOW BOOTH TO LEARN INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM!
OVERVIEW OF THE CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC SYSTEM
According to the Cornell Cooperative Extension, the average American household generates 55-75 gallons of wastewater per person per day from sources including toilets, showers, sinks, dishwashers & washing machines. Septic systems are designed to collect, treat and dispose of household wastewater without contaminating groundwater. Your septic system consists of three basic parts: a septic tank, a drain field and the soil under the drain field. In a properly working system, the tank receives sewage from the house and traps the solids, allowing effluent to pass to the drain field into the soil where it is discharged for final treatment. As the effluent filters down through the soil, any remaining organic matter, pathogens and suspended solids are treated and removed.
Septic systems are very reliable as long as they are properly designed, constructed and maintained. A properly maintained septic system will have a lifespan of approximately 20 to 30 years. Regular maintenance fees of $125-500 every three to four years is a bargain compared to the cost of repairing or replacing a malfunctioning system! If a homeowner pays $500 every four years, that is only an average of $10.41 per month, making septic maintenance your cheapest utility!
HOW IT WORKS
"Your septic tank is the first step of an onsite domestic wastewater treatment process & must be properly maintained to work correctly. The best designed & operated septic tank & soil treatment area eventually fails unless sludge is periodically removed from the septic tank.*" In the tank, suspended solids are broken down by bacteria to form a scum mat on top and a layer of sludge on the bottom. Over time, the scum and sludge layers grow thicker, gradually decreasing the volume of clear effluent in between. For more information on scum and sludge, visit COMPONENTS.
*Source: https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1160-2018.pdf
sIDE VIEW- SINGLE COMPARTMENT
sIDE VIEW- YAVAPAI PRECAST TANK (nO FILTER)
SIDE VIEW- YAVAPAI PRECAST TANK (WITH FILTER TEE)
how a septic tank traps solids
septic tank with concrete baffles
septic tank with plastic baffles
MAINTENANCE
Maintenance of your system is accomplished by regularly scheduled pump outs of accumulated solids from the tank. As solids increase and the clear effluent space in between decreases, solids will enter the disposal area and clog soil pores. As a company policy, JT's Septic always pumps out the entire contents of the septic tank, leaving the homeowner with a completely empty tank at the end of service when pumping is required.
