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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	solar panels & septic system
	Date:	4/23/2009 11:02:26 PM

My septic system is old and the field lines are clogged. Had a guy come out and he took a good look at the property and recommended pumping uphill into the wooded area of our property.

The way it works is they put a 1000 gallon tank (at least for our needs) downstream of the septic tank and install the sump pump in the tank. The pump on/off cycle is set so that there is plenty capacity to carry you a while if the power goes out.

The guy that did my perc test brought a backhoe and dug a six foot deep trench, and took dirt samples at various depths to determine suitability. The reason for the depth is that apparently there is a way to stack the field lines on top of each other so they don't take ip so much linear footage.

One final caution: Get the County Health Department, be it Elmore, Coosa, or Talapoosa involved early-on. The rules change almost by the day and they don't budge a bit once they have been adopted (that is why my perc guy is on his way back to dig a second trench -- even though it is a repair and not a new system, apparently Coosa now demands two holes).