Why Maintain Your Septic System?

 There are 3 important health reasons for maintaining your septic system. 
  1. The first reason is the health of your pocket book. Poor maintenance results in failed system requiring repairs at a minimum and sometimes system replacement. Repairs or replacement costs can be thousands of dollars, whereas a periodic inspection and pumping costs about $100-$200.
  2. The second reason is the health of your family, your community, and the environment. Untreated sewage contains disease-causing bacteria and viruses, as well as unhealthy amounts of nitrate and other chemicals. Failed septic systems can allow untreated sewage to seep into wells, groundwater, and surface waterbodies, where people get their drinking water and recreate. 
  3. The third reason is the health of your economy. Contamination of waterbodies by failed septic systems pollutes water supplies, closes shellfish beds and recreational areas, and creates offensive odors. Quality of life, recreational activities, livelihoods and tourism decline, and with them go the property values and economic vitality of the area.
Septic tank flooding - Septic system service in Jacksonville, FL
 There are 3 important health reasons for maintaining your septic system. 
  1. The first reason is the health of your pocket book. Poor maintenance results in failed system requiring repairs at a minimum and sometimes system replacement. Repairs or replacement costs can be thousands of dollars, whereas a periodic inspection and pumping costs about $100-$200.
  2. The second reason is the health of your family, your community, and the environment. Untreated sewage contains disease-causing bacteria and viruses, as well as unhealthy amounts of nitrate and other chemicals. Failed septic systems can allow untreated sewage to seep into wells, groundwater, and surface waterbodies, where people get their drinking water and recreate. 
Septic Tank System Treatment — Sick Little Child in Jacksonville, FL
  1. The third reason is the health of your economy. Contamination of waterbodies by failed septic systems pollutes water supplies, closes shellfish beds and recreational areas, and creates offensive odors. Quality of life, recreational activities, livelihoods and tourism decline, and with them go the property values and economic vitality of the area.

How Do You Maintain Your System?

How Do You Maintain 
Your System?

Proper care of your system requires day-to-day management as well as periodic maintenance. It also requires that you know where your system is. The more you know about how your system operates and how it should be maintained, the better able you will be to protect your investment in your home and property, protect your family's health, and protect your environment.