All you septic tanks are belong to us!................
Here’s how it works, poop in the toilet, flush said toilet, waste goes down the pipe to the septic tank, solids (poop and toilet paper)settle to the bottom of the septic tank and waste water flows out of upper tank pipe to drain field, wastewater in perforated drain pipe leaches into drain rock and is filtered by soil.
If you are have high groundwater then wastewater is not getting filtered before it hits natural groundwater. Presto-bingo, you have contaminated water.
The EPA and state ecology departments will step in sometime in the near future and outlaw all septic disposal systems because the groundwater is consider “waters of the state”. This is in direct violation of the new Clean Water Act rules.
When we lived in the country we had a septic system and a water well. Our water well was about 100 feet deep. Could that have been a problem?
You win the grand prize.
Elimination of all but a few wealthy rural dwellers is the whole point of Agenda 21.
All you septic tanks are belong to us!................
All you septic tanks are belong to us!................
So soil quits filtering when it detects groundwater?
So the EPA now wants to control my poop...
Not shocking at all...
You summed it up well. It is not the septic tank but the drainage area and there has been a long battle with those who buy poorly drained, saturated and sometimes even excessively drained property and install systems. Also those near running water who conveniently run straight pipes (with or without a septic tank) directly into the water. They only become concerned when somebody does the same upstream.
Then you add aquatic, waterfowl and animal runoff poo.