Improperly abandoned septic tanks are a tragic accident waiting to happen. The unseen dangers of an empty, abandoned and weakened septic tank can lead to catastrophic consequences, and I’ve monitored several stories over the past year where people and animals have fallen into collapsed tanks.
A news account out of California a while back said that a 68-year-old grandmother had to be rescued after falling a dozen feet into an old septic tank at her home. The woman had been watering her yard when the tank collapsed. If the tank was abandoned many years ago, she may not have known the
