Snow totals are uncharacteristically low this year across many regions in the Midwest, leading the University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program to warn homeowners of septic system freezing concerns. If you have the same conditions in your service territory, maybe it’s time to send your customers a postcard with some of the same tips offered by the Minnesota onsite folks reprinted in the Brainerd Dispatch newspaper this week:
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-01-12/lack-snow-combined-cold-threatens-septic-systems#.TxSUoRxlxzU
Find the University of Minnesota factsheet on cold weather issues for septic systems here:
http://www.septic.umn.edu/factsheets/freezingproblems/
Here are just a few of the tips to help avoid the deep freeze
• Use water — the warmer
