Iread a story from a small Missouri newspaper recently that illustrated just how uneducated homeowners can be about septic system maintenance. And it gave me a big idea.The writer in the Boone County Connection, Lelslie Limberg, was explaining how a power outage forced her to get her septic tank pumped for the first time after 16 years of home ownership. Later, when she found out she should have her tank pumped regularly, her response was succinct: “Oops.”Limberg learned her aerator was nonfunctioning and “to make matters worse, the filter was jammed (Filters need regular cleaning, right?) Gross. Who knew? No
