If you have a water softener at your home or are considering installing a water softener, you may be concerned about the impact the water softener has on your septic system.  Two or three times a week, a water softener goes through a “regeneration cycle” during which it discharges 50 to 70 gallons of water [...]

A properly designed, installed and maintained septic system provides a safe and effective means of treating and disposing of household wastewater.  A well designed septic system will usually provide dependable service for years if it is inspected every year or two and pumped as needed which is usually every three to five years. However, homeowners [...]

Millions of American homes that do not have access to a municipal sewer system rely on septic systems for the treatment and disposal of household wastewater. A septic system is a relatively simple, low maintenance system that ordinarily works well when the system has been properly designed, installed and cared for. A septic system has [...]