Many, if not most homes, in Sterling use a passive onsite wastewater treatment system consisting of a single compartment septic tank and a trench/bed subsurface wastewater (Pipe-In-Stone) infiltration ...

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A nonprofessional should never attempt to clean or pump a septic tank. It's dangerous work, not least because you can expose yourself to dangerous pathogens that thrive in a septic system. Never stick ...

Do you wonder how septic systems work? I never gave it much thought in all the years I lived in Cincinnati. Every house I lived in was connected to a municipal sewer line. Just about every house I ...