How to Manage and Maintain your Septic System
All systems need maintenance.
Home Maintenance
Antibacterial Products in Septic Systems news release, html
Detergents, Cleaners, and Garbage in Septics fact sheet, html
Septic System Cleaners fact sheet, html
Septic System Additives fact sheet, html
Taking Care of Your Septic System brochure, html, available in print version
Water Conservation fact sheet, html
Septic System Owner's Guide online version, or order print version
Septic Systems Revealed DVD order form
Medications and Your Septic System, fact sheet, html
Septic System Operation and Maintenance, fact sheet, html
Home Maintenance Tips fact sheet, pdf
Know the Flow of your Septic System: Water Meters, fact sheet, html
Operation and Maintenance news release, html
Management
Management Plan for Below Grade Systems, pdf, 114 KB
Management Plan for Above Grade Systems, pdf, 134 KB
Septic Tank Effluent Screens, fact sheet, pdf
Homeowner Survey for Onsite Professionals, pdf, 38 KB
Homeowners Guide to Evaluating Service Contracts, pdf, 78 KB
Management of Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems fact sheet, html
Ownership and Management of Multi-household Systems news release, html
Ownership and Management of Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems fact sheet, html
Outside the Home
Odor Issues With Septic Systems fact sheet, pdf
Landscaping Septic Systems fact sheet, html, or order print copy
Tree Root Behavior and their Interactions with Individual Sewage Treatment System (ISTS), html
Septage: What is it and where does it go? pdf
Customer Handout , fact sheet, pdf 34 KB
- Highlights the important tasks in maintaining your septic tank, soil treatment area, includes household best management practices to extend the life of your system.
Safety, Public Health Issues
Protecting Your Septic System From Flood Damage fact sheet, html
Safety Around Your Septic System fact sheet, html
The Tank
How Often to Pump your Septic Tank fact sheet, html
Pumping Frequency Worksheet chart, pdf
Antibacterial Products in Septic Systems news release, html
Septic System Cleaners fact sheet, html
Septic System Additives fact sheet, html
Winter
Protect Your Septic System From Freezing news release, html
Checking Frozen Septic Systems fact sheet, pdf
Freezing Problems & Septic Systems fact sheet, html
Efficiency Furnaces, Water Softeners & Iron Filters discharging into Onsite Sewage Systems fact sheet, html
Spring
Start your septic system out on the right foot for spring, news release, pdf
Protecting Your Septic System From Flood Damage news release, html
Septic System Cleaners fact sheet, html
Septic System Additives fact sheet, html
Taking Care of Your Septic System fact sheet, pdf
Summer
Septic System Operation and Maintenance fact sheet, html
Fall
Protect Your Septic System From Freezing news release, html |
