One-fourth of all U. S. homes use septic systems that are connected to a septic tank, and not a city sewer system. Most often, this means that at the time the home was built it was not in a city setting, but a rural setting, or no city hook ups to sewer and water were available. This being said, your septic system, and your tank need to be inspected regularly, and emptied and cleaned every three to five years, or as per your states requirements.
Your septic tank is a very important part of your septic system, it is essentially a very small scale sewage treatment plant that holds the waste water, separates it out, and lets the waste water flow out, while heavier solids eventually decompose and are digested by the septic tanks bacteria. Using bleach and other anti bacterial cleaners heavily can damage and kill the bacteria levels in your septic tank making it not work well. Use products recommended at the right times by septic tank Lawrenceville technicians.
Cleaning of your septic tank is very important, contact Septic Tank Cleaning Lawrenceville technicians and find out all you can about how often to pump, clean, and inspect your septic tank and the system. Keeping your septic tank in great working order ensures that it cost you a lot less than a visit and pumping and cleaning from the septic tank cleaning Lawrenceville technicians, it saves you from having to replace a failed septic tank and septic system that could just need a check up.
Remember regular maintenance, inspection, and pumping can keep a leaking septic tank from contaminating the ground water, lakes, streams and water wells in and around it, as well as help keep you and your family, and neighbors healthy from very serious illnesses connected to sewage born illnesses like hepatitis. Call and get your septic tank inspected, pumped and cleaned today if you can not remember when the last time it was. Healthy septic tanks without any cracks, leaks, failures in the septic systems like drain fields, or connections to and from the septic tank itself can last many years.