1993 - Volume #17, Issue #6, Page #12
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Bypass Drain Improves Septic Tank Performance
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The ideal solution is to have two drain lines coming out of the house, bypassing the septic tank with the one that carries the wash and sink water. "My father-in-law taught me this trick 50 years ago and there are some tanks he in-stalled that have never had to be cleaned out. Bacteria just doesn't have a chance to work when you run all that water through the tank. My own septic tank is 35 years old and I have never touched it," says Heidenreich.
(Reprinted courtesy The Neighbor, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.)
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