Author: Bug Man

You have finally settled into your new home. Naturally, you are still adjusting to everything in your new environment when all of a sudden, after only a few weeks, your septic system failed. Your drains …

A septic system sand mound is an alternative to the more common septic leach field and is usually constructed where a typical design is not suitable due to drainage or other influencing factors. As with …

Every functional home that has a cesspool may at some point experience failure. It is a simplified septic system that is suitable for households, depending on the number of people living there and the amount …

Some homeowners may ask, “Why is there dead grass over my septic tank?” The answer is sometimes quite confusing since there can be many reasons why your green healthy grass, suddenly dies around the area …

One major problem a homeowner may experience with his cesspit is backing up of the system. Cesspit back ups cause so much inconvenience to the homeowner that insanity may soon follow! Once the backup starts, …

When you smell something bad, that often means something is not right and this too is true with septic systems. Yes, the prime role of septic tanks is to collect human waste, and it is …

The major population away from developed cities still uses cesspool type septic systems for drainage of waste. This is conventional, cost effective and the best part about this system is the amount of effort to …

Lateral Lines – An Introduction  Most of the households with a septic system present use a common method for disposing the wastewater that they generate, which is called as the lateral line or lateral field. …

Water purification filters are something to give thought to especially when considering the safety of your family’s drinking water.  A few months ago I read an article addressing the drugs that get into the sewer …

Brown Grass over Septic System:  Septic systems are the systems in rural regions and small cities for treating sewage water in buildings and homes that lack a central sewage connection. The underground-based septic tank is …