Every year there are news accounts of adults, children or pets falling into a collapsed septic tank, cesspool or seepage pit, causing serious injury, long-term health problems and even death. This past year has been no exception with multiple reports from different parts of the country.
Aside from these types of catastrophic incidents, there are other problems caused by not properly abandoning onsite sewage treatment systems. They include instances of flooded basements or businesses due to water following old piping back to buildings from a flooded septic tank; health problems due to contact with pathogens; and all sorts of minor scrapes
Abandoning Sewage Tanks Properly Saves Lives
Follow these decommissioning tips to prevent dangerous collapses, ongoing pollution issues and unnecessary underground obstacles in a customer’s yard
Apr 05, 2022
| by Jim Anderson and Dave Gustafson |
