I knew a recent column I wrote about the best toilet paper choice for septic tanks would hit close to home with pumpers — and potentially maybe even rub a few of you the wrong way. Pun intended. After all, the issue is particularly personal when you’re on the working end of a suction hose all day, wrestling through jampacked septic tanks. Here are a few responses to the column, as promised:
Al Kenney of Waste Connections in Brookings, Oregon, wrote:
I read your article on paper comparisons. I have great respect for Sara (Heger, Ph.D., engineer, researcher and instructor of













