Getting my well shocked

[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.