Elmer's glue. The only way to describe the septic tank I was looking down into was that it appeared to be completely filled with Elmer's glue. I was asked to troubleshoot a system the homeowners were having issues with. There was no scum layer, nothing floating at the top and no clear zone. No sludge layer at the bottom. One consistent mass of thick, white, goopy water.
When I saw this, it was shocking compared to the hundreds of tanks I had looked into before this one. Even when you catch someone washing paint brushes into the system, the white paint
