Excessive discharge of solids can be disastrous for a drainfield. Those solids can cause it to plug and lose efficiency in treatment and dispersal of the normal liquid flow, and if the problem persists, the drainfield may need to be replaced.“The purpose of an effluent filter is more to exclude larger, troublesome solids than it is to polish effluent by removal of fine suspended solids, which can be the culprit of clogging, along with hair and lint,” says Robert Rebori, president of BioMicrobics. “If nuisance clogging occurs, the filter is likely to be removed and no useful purpose will be
