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This is the third in a series of articles by Don Audette exploring the characteristics and challenges of wastewater treatment systems
By Don Audette
Special to the Rappahannock News
Your Septic System’s
Viewpoint
Imagine if microbes in your septic system could explain their situation to you. Check them out. In your septic tank, the microbes have been chowing down on all that yucky stuff from bathtubs, showers, dishwashers, toilets, and washing machines. The solids (sludge) at the bottom of the tank have been worked over. The lighter solids are floating slowly downward through the liquids above. And on the surface float some fats, soapsuds, and other scum. No new “shipment” from the house is expected. A good day in the tank so far.
Word has come in from the distribution box, where overflow liquids from the tank are distributed to perforated drainage tubes in your drain field. No heavy equipment has run over them, compacting or crushing them. Nor has a landscaper dug up a portion
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