Septic tank being pumped tomorrow....

Oklacarcollecto said

A septic tank works by the bacteria digesting the solids. Is is normal that a shot of bacteria is placed in the tank to reactivate the function of the tank. A tank without bacteria will not function. In the days before additives we used buttermilk and yeast to reactivate a tank that had just been pumped.

How a septic tank works..... link below.....
http://septicpages.com/homeowners/how_does_a_septic_system_work

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Spoke to Todd, the fellow that installed our system about this. Been doing excavating/septic work for 20 years or so, his Dad for another 35 or so before him....he said the best thing to do to an empty septic is to take a dump in it. Said all the other stuff is "snake oil". I know when we moved up here the tank was empty as Todd moved it from its previous spot. We added nothing to it when we started using it.

The smell....was gone by the time the pumper got the hoses put back on the truck. When he started I walked up to get the paper, about 250' from the tank and could not smell it...

Asked Bruce, the pumper guy, where he unloads the truck. Said they used to sell it to farmers, but now it goes to a processing plant. Fine is 10k for dumping it into a field....