Septic System Maintenance Tips

Learn Tips for Good Septic Maintenance and Care

For septic maintenance, Correll's Septic Service recommends installing a protective hard cover on top of your septic tank. It also helps to avoid digging around and packing in soil over septic tanks or drain fields. Also, heavy garbage disposal use can increase solids in a septic tank and cause you to pump too frequently.

For Septic Care, Don't Flush These Items

Look for Common Septic Problem Signs

• A bad smell in your home or yard
• Soggy grass around the septic tank area
• Water backup into tubs, sinks, and toilets
• Hearing gurgling sounds when draining sinks, tubs, or toilets

Find Out How Septic Systems Work

A septic system's absorption area treats wastewater, and the septic tank is where water is stored after draining from the house. There it separates into oils on top, wastewater in the middle, or solids at the bottom. It exits through baffles that remove scum into gravel trenches called drain fields.