Please be cautious of your water usage. Spacing your water use throughout the day and week contributes significantly to the health and longevity of your system.
Avoid doing more than 2 loads of laundry consecutively.
Avoid using large amounts of water at one time: For example, running the dishwasher while also taking a shower.
Do not connect other water sources to the system. Example do not route discharge from water softeners into the system.
Avoid discarding mop water into the system.
Be careful of the kind of products you dispose. We recommend that you DO NOT put these products in your system:
Certain brands of toilet paper (ask your technician for details.)
Phosphates (chemicals in cleaning supplies) "Green" cleaning products are recommended.
Do not run pesticides, paints, household chemicals, automotive fluids, or other toxins down the drain.
Do not dispose of home brewery waste, strong medicines, or antibiotics.
Avoid using anti-bacteria soaps, strong disinfectants, or bleaches.
Do not pour grease, fats, or cooking oils down the sink drain.
Do not flush feminine hygiene products, cigarette butts, disposable diapers, hair, coffee grounds, rags, paper towels, baby wipes, or bandages.
Do not dispose of any type of birth control products.
Do not dispose of citrus products (ex. oranges, lemons, grapefruits) into your system.
What You Can Do:
Use cleaning products that are non-chlorine, biodegradable, non-toxic, and non-corrosive.
Use detergents that are low sudsing, low in phosphates and biodegradable with washing soda ingredients.
Use Fabric softener dryer sheets rather than liquids.
Use your garbage disposal sparingly.
Put hair traps over shower/tub drains.
Maintain adequate vegetative cover (grass) over the drain field.
Keep automobiles and heavy equipment off the system.
Make a diagram showing the location of your tank drain field and repair area.
Do not plan any building additions, pools, driveways, or other construction work near the septic system or the repair area.
**One more helpful tip: It is highly recommended that you do not plant a vegetable garden in your drainage field.
