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Are you buying or selling a house and find that your septic system is having issues pumping waste to the septic tank? Does your new system require a pumping system? How does a septic pumping system work? All-Clear Septic & Wastewater Services has put together this basic information to answer your questions.

A septic pumping system is put into place when a standard gravity feed system will not work due to the quality of soil near the property or the available area is uphill from the septic tank. Different pumps can be used depending on the property. Great care must be taken to ensure the correct pump is used in each situation and is robust enough to handle the anticipated volume to be moved. It could be raw sewage must be pumped to the septic tank itself, treated wastewater is being pumped to the leaching area or a pressurized system is put into place where the effluent is pumped significantly above the tank.

The pump itself should reside within its own separate tank or compartment within a tank. The goal is to prevent any raw sewage solids from clogging the pump or transferring into the leaching areas. An effluent filter may be placed in the line of the system.

With the pumping system properly installed in the tank, there are matters of pipe elevations and slope and length between the pump and the “drop box”. This all needs to be configured so the wastewater does not travel back down the inlet pipe, is moved equally among the various leaching septic system pump chamber basic areas and is not unnecessarily deteriorated by the force of the water being pumped in. There are several techniques to do this.

The leaching area in which the water is pumped to can also be configured in several ways. The engineer must be aware of the soil composition so any chance of erosion, contamination or flow back to the property can be avoided. There are many ways this can be accomplished including multiple fields and location depending on the size of the lot they have to work with.

The ultimate decision to include a pump system will be made by the engineer in conjunction with local inspectors and regulators. You should always follow these recommendations in order to ensure there are no preventable failures in your systems and waste is moved and treated as effectively as possible.

If you have questions or are looking for more information regarding your septic system or want to read the whole white paper on this subject, visit info@allclearseptic.com or call All Clear Septic & Wastewater Services at 508-763-4433.

This blog was posted on www.allclearseptic.com on July 22, 2015.

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What exactly is a septic system and how does it work? Here is an abbreviated version or overview of modern Septic System components and how they work provided by All-Clear Septic and Wastewater Services.

A septic system is used to process and clean waste water from houses and larger facilities. A septic system needs enough open land for the treated water to pass through the ground and be reabsorbed into nature.

The primary component in a septic system is a holding tank. This tank is generally buried underground and connected to waste water inputs by pipes flowing from the building’s waste system. The tank acts as a settling area for solids to be collected, and a pass-through for water to move to the distribution box and soil absorption.

In the tank, live beneficial bacteria help to break down organic waste in the system. This enables the septic system to go years, in some cases, without the need to service the system. To help the bacteria work, newer systems are equipped with aerators which add oxygen to the tank, which is a critical component needed by the bacteria to help break apart waste.

For systems with a soil absorption system, processed water in the tank passes through a pipe to the distribution box, which sends water to the various sections of the leaching system. The leaching system is the mechanism by which treated water is returned to the soil in a safe and ecologically friendly manner. A leaching system may be one of several different styles with pits, trenches or a field being the most popular systems. A leaching field is an area of soil and gravel or sand with excellent drainage through which treated waste water is able to be absorbed into the ground and continue the cleansing process through a natural ecological system.

Septic systems should be professionally pumped out on a regular basis to remove solids which build up on the bottom. Pumping also removes improperly flushed materials that cannot be broken down naturally.

Septic systems are designed to handle a specific volume or waste per day from the building it is connected to. Residential systems are built with the number of bedrooms and occupants as the primary factors in calculating the required size of the system.

This is a simplifed version of a septic system. Visit www.allclearseptic.com and click on the education tab for a more thorough explanation.

The septic professionals at All-Clear have years of experience in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, and Hawaii in all aspects of septic engineering, inspection, installation, repair and maintenance! Don’t wait for your septic to fail, call 508-763-4431 today!

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