NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/misc/rural/2669

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Newsgroups: misc.rural
Path: sparky!uunet!caen!mtu.edu!pecampbe
From: [e-mail] (Paul Campbell)
Subject: Re: concerns with well water and a septic tank
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Michigan Technological University
References: <[e-mail]>
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:55:38 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Anthony Datri) writes:
>
>I recently moved into a place that gets water from a well, and dumps it into
>a septic tank.  What concerns should I have about using the water from the
>well?  The landlord says that it goes through a "neutralizer", but just what
>that means isn't clear.  What concerns should I have about detergents and
>such that I use that end up in the septic tank?

A septic tank is a "solid" cement tank. It of course does leak like all
concrete does, to some extent.

The rule of thumb is to locate the well at least 50 feet away from the
septic tank.

If you're really worried, take a sample of the water and spend the $5-$10
that it costs to have it tested. Your local DNR (Department of Natural
Resources or whatever they are in your state) can tell you where to
get the little bottle and mailer to send it off. Then ask them what the
test results mean. If you ever want to see something really funny, send
in a sample of city water some time. The oxidized molecules normally
present in a chlorinated (not the ozone ones) systems are really nasty
poisons and they keep them right at the borderline level of danger.
That's a tip from one of the main chemists at the water treatment plant
here in town.