Question:Last summer was dreadfully dry — good for leach fields, but bad for the pumping business. My question is this: Over certain fields, (almost everything here is trench and gravel) the drain lines showed dead surface vegetation above the lines, as opposed to the usual bright green and healthy strips such fields usually produce. In these cases, I suspect potential blockage due to root infusion, system age and lack of maintenance, etc. Still, should it just die? Surrounding vegetation, though drought-stricken, looks better. Could the gravel layer prevent access to deeper soil moisture? Could it be caused by flushed
