Water quality standards set a range of residual disinfectant concentration in potable water. Put too much of that stuff in the potable water and they will violate water quality standards. Someone is clueless.”””
I live on a septic system. Have since 1993. Lived on septic on the farm from 1947 to 1963.
There are certain things you cannot do with a septic system.
One of them is to use bleach. Another is to use a garbage disposal. A third is to pour hot grease into your sink/drain. Feminine tampons is another absolute NO NO.
The BLEACH destroys the active bacteria that is needed to make the septic system function properly.
The ground up junk from a garbage disposal clogs a septic system, as it isn’t designed to handle such debris.
Grease NEVER should be put down a sink/drain. It may be hot & moving when you pour it, but within seconds, it is cooled & attached itself to the insides of all your pipes. This will surely end in disaster for you & a bonanza for your plumber.
The tampons are easy to deduce.
RID-X is the thing to use. Flush a dose down your toilet every month & you will never have a problem. My father built a new house in 1966 & I inherited that house. He was religious about the use of Rid-X. When I sold the property to my brother & the state of Wisconsin insisted in 2005that there MUST be a septic problem after all those years, they required my brother to dig it up.
The entire system was clean as a whistle. No clogs. No unusual items found. The septic system & the Rid-X had done a stellar job.
I do not use bleach. Too old for tampons.
I use Rid-X here with regularity. My neighbor across the street has exactly the same sype of system & length of leach lines. Their house has a garbage disposer, which the wife insisted was OK to use.
They have had 2 tear-ups of the system in less than 6 years.
I cannot fix stupid.