Virginia Tech is launching a study to examine the impact of water softeners on septic systems, the Water Quality Association has announced.
This is familiar territory for Pumper readers. Over the years, the effect of water softeners on septic tanks has been a topic of discussion in stories in our Overheard Online feature, in Pumper Discussion Forum posts and in columns by the Septic System Answer Man Roger Machmeier. In 2006 the WQA and the National Association of Wastewater Transporters formed a Water Softener Task Force to study the effects of softener discharge.
Now a $95,000 study, funded through the Water Quality
