Getting my well shocked

[my2rotties]

Wow and the girls next door paid almost $300 for someone to come and do theirs... they wanted to know if we wanted ours done at the same time, and I said not this year... since I had no clue as to what the heck she was talking about. Man would I have been super POd if I paid that kind of money for something that will cost me a few cents... unless I seriously screw something up.

Thanks for saving me so much money you guys...

Last thing... since there is a smell and such is there anything in the water I should be worried about drinking and fish tank wise?

[my2rotties]

I just realized I won't be doing anything with the well for awhile. We have a fibre glass rock covering it, and with all the snow I have no idea where it is. In the summer months it looks like stone henge, but right now I have no clue where it is. The snow is so deep that you would have no idea we have anything under there...

[hillegom]

Septic tank wastes are broken down by bacteria. Water going to the tank decreases the parts per million, bacteria to water. The more bacteria you have the faster the wastes are assimilated. For every gallon you send down the pipe to the tank, one gallon has to leave the tank for the field. The length of field you need is determined by the type of soil you have and your local regulations.
So
Do not send water to the septic tank from your aquariums.
Do not use a garburater, as this is just more work for the bacteria.
Once or twice a year, flush down a dead mouse.
Find some packets of bacteria and flush these down once a year, just before going on vacation. I bought mine at the local co-op.
Use only liquid soap.
If you can stand to do this, there was a motto "If its yellow, let it mellow, if its brown flush it down" lol
I only had a septic tank. When I bought that place, I had to find out all I could about it and asked around and gleaned this bit of info from an old guy, now deceased RIP
Everyone had two tanks. One for the sinks, showers/bath and laundry called a soap box, the second for the toilets, called a septic tank. See the analogy? Less water to the septic. You only had to clean out the soap box more often, because the soap comes out of solution when it gets cold.
These days, to "save" money, only one tank is needed, just clean it out more often!!!
Done by others, as you certainly do not want that job! When I moved out of there, I had to get the tank cleaned as well, for the new owners. 200$
Remember, less water means less cleaning out. Sorry for being so long winded

[my2rotties]

I appreciate the info... my next door neighbor has been here 20 plus years and uses a garburator. I was asking her about it... We do have a huge septic field and with the way the landscape is, it drains very easily. We were told adding water to the system will never be an issue. Our septic system was designed for a family of six and there are only two of us. I have the LG Tromme washer/dryer which really saves on water, and am frugal with water consumption. I put Super septic bacteria into the toilet once a month, and try to never use antibacterial soaps or cleaners either. I also changed the toilet to the new low volume units.

I don't think flushing a dead mouse is really doable... why the dead mouse?

Originally Posted by hillegom

Septic tank wastes are broken down by bacteria. Water going to the tank decreases the parts per million, bacteria to water. The more bacteria you have the faster the wastes are assimilated. For every gallon you send down the pipe to the tank, one gallon has to leave the tank for the field. The length of field you need is determined by the type of soil you have and your local regulations.
So
Do not send water to the septic tank from your aquariums.
Do not use a garburater, as this is just more work for the bacteria.
Once or twice a year, flush down a dead mouse.
Find some packets of bacteria and flush these down once a year, just before going on vacation. I bought mine at the local co-op.
Use only liquid soap.
If you can stand to do this, there was a motto "If its yellow, let it mellow, if its brown flush it down" lol
I only had a septic tank. When I bought that place, I had to find out all I could about it and asked around and gleaned this bit of info from an old guy, now deceased RIP
Everyone had two tanks. One for the sinks, showers/bath and laundry called a soap box, the second for the toilets, called a septic tank. See the analogy? Less water to the septic. You only had to clean out the soap box more often, because the soap comes out of solution when it gets cold.
These days, to "save" money, only one tank is needed, just clean it out more often!!!
Done by others, as you certainly do not want that job! When I moved out of there, I had to get the tank cleaned as well, for the new owners. 200$
Remember, less water means less cleaning out. Sorry for being so long winded

[hillegom]

Well the mouse is small, is easy to catch, will flush, and adds extra bacteria. Worked for me. Like I said, an old guy told me, I am telling you, just passing it on.
So your neighbor has a garburater, for 20 yrs, how long between his tank being sucked out.
You of course, could do what your neighbor does. All I am saying, we had a family of 6, growing up, washable diapers etc. But excess water, we did not do that. I had to contend with 3 teenagers and a wife having showers once a day. Still, after 10 yrs, I still had room in that tank, mostly a lot of soap in the beginning. but at the end, everything looked good. So three pumpings in 30 yrs.
Think of this: If you throw all your vegetables into a compost bin, at the end of the year, how much black humus do you have? Well, all of that is at the bottom of your septic tank, which has to be pumped out!
"We were told adding water to the system will never be an issue" The water itself will never be an issue because you have good drainage. But remember, water in= water out. Flushing bacteria out with it. You want as mutch bacteria in the tank as you can keep

[Funky_Fish14]

Part of the reason for not adding tank water to the septic tanks, especially saltwater, is because the salt can damage the bacteria living in the tanks (those that are not used to salty conditions), and at the field/open discharge, you can harm any plant life that sucks up the nutrients! Salt = bad on grass+trees. My dad asked the well and septic system guys about this, and both said no salt, I figure the reasons I just explained are why. We will be digging a 4-6ft deep hole just into the woods away from the house, filling it with gravel, and I will be draining SW through a hose into that pit.