![]() Its what goes down with the water that will, I mean cooking grease or oil, which is the worst, and non-biodegradable items. Water on its own will not do anything to it. Looks like yours is handling it well, if you see no issues outside. It is a 1989 house, with 3BR and 1 1/2 bath. I do not run a large volume through it, there are just 3 of us here. I have had septic all along for the past 24 years and no issues with mine. Leaching fields are supposed to be designed for the amount of bath tubs and sinks in the whole house that are dumping into it. If you have been there for 6 months and do not have any signs of problems at the leaching field, there should be no issue. The only problem I could foresee is an over-saturation of the ground, where it will not take on any of the effluent that it is designed to do. Is this going to hurt the septic system? If so, is there something I can do (perhaps by modifying my plumbing and doing something else with shower waste water) to avoid damage? (And a low-flow showerhead isn't going to get me the pressure I need to help with my neck.) From an environmental standpoint, I'm not too concerned - after all, I'm basically pumping the water out of my well and putting it back into the ground 100 ft away in the backyard, so the ecological impact shouldn't be too bad - but I'm worried I'm somehow damaging my system. ![]() With a standard shower head, this means I'm running about 250 gallons of water through the septic system. As I understand it, the septic tank pumps liquids and other broken down material into the leach field, so the water should go right through into the field.ĭue to a chronic pain condition as a result of a car accident, I routinely take 2 hour hot showers to help be able to use my neck for an entire work day. I've heard that putting lots of water down the septic all at one time is bad for the system, but I'm confused as to why. ![]() I recently bought my first home that has septic, after 26 years of living with sewers.
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