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or planted a tree so its roots will eventually clog things up.
The older microbes are sitting around exchanging stories, gossip, and rumors. About the guy who opened the manhole cover in his tank, was overcome with methane gas, and fell in. The homeowner who put new “Big John” toilet seats in his bathrooms, 19” in diameter versus the usual 14.” That septic tank was holding special focus group meetings. Or the person who ran four loads of laundry, one after another, causing chaos in the tank. Microbes like peace and quiet, not continuous cascades of wastewater. Or the homeowner who had never pumped out a septic tank, so solids and scum ran right out of the tank to the drainage field, clogging it. Yuk..
But, the younger microbes always became upset when hearing about the really bad things flushed down toilets. Stuff like bandages, dental floss, disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, etc., that got out into the drainage field, clogging the system, the cause of about 95 percent of the failures of septic systems according to the EPA. Same with grease, another dogger. And, they always wondered what
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