A colleague of ours sent us a photo of the inlet baffle in a septic tank and commented that the baffle design will lead to plugging and sewage backups into the house. While this was good for his pumping business, it meant he got to deal with unhappy homeowners, which is not a good thing.
Baffles are defined as any device installed in a septic tank to retain solids. Often, these are sanitary tees at the inlet and effluent screens at the outlet. In early days, both inlet and outlet baffles were often tees or — as in this case — a
