QUESTION: Why is understanding soils important?
ANSWER: The first question I received when I started writing this column referred to fine, sandy soils and how they react when septic tank effluent is applied.
Since then I have had the opportunity to visit several areas of the country and one comment I consistently hear from regulators and system designers is, "Correctly identifying and dealing with soils questions is one of our biggest problems with having good systems." From installers and pumpers I have consistently heard, "Why do I have to know about soils?" Then later in
