Dumping RV tanks into home syptic system
For the five or 6 years that I have been RV'ing, for convenience, I would sometimes dump my tanks into my home septic system upon returning home. While I have felt pretty comfortable doing this, I h...
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What makes septic tanks not digest/breakdown it's contents all the way is if a quantity of bleach is used that finds it's way into the septic tank. Bleach kills the bacteria and thus slows or stops the natural bacterial actions in the septic tank. Bleach is in so many cleaning products and many people use bleach to whiten clothes etc or disinfect or whatever.
It's the accumulative effect of bleaches/bacertia killers used that usually creates poorly broken down higher quantites of solids in the tank which means more frequent pump outs. However, there is always going to be some solids build up in a septic tank over a long time period. However, it's the occupants of the home that tank is connected to that can/are in control of how fast the solids levels build up in their septic tank by what they flush into it.
We are careful and have usually gone approx 25 years between pump outs. Own 2 other properties with septic systems and no problems either. Some people we know have gone 40+ years and then there's some who can't get past 2-3 years like one of our neighbors. Yes, they are very careless about what goes into their septic system. So many times I've seen him cleaning his fish catch as he's a diehard fisherman and hunter and flushing all the remains of his catch/hunt etc down his outside cleaning station electric sink disposal drain going right into his septic tank! He constantly claims the peopls who installed his septic system screwed up and that his septic tank must be very tiny. Same people who installed ours so many years ago and both were approved. DUH! Guess you can't fix stupid!
It's the accumulative effect of bleaches/bacertia killers used that usually creates poorly broken down higher quantites of solids in the tank which means more frequent pump outs. However, there is always going to be some solids build up in a septic tank over a long time period. However, it's the occupants of the home that tank is connected to that can/are in control of how fast the solids levels build up in their septic tank by what they flush into it.
We are careful and have usually gone approx 25 years between pump outs. Own 2 other properties with septic systems and no problems either. Some people we know have gone 40+ years and then there's some who can't get past 2-3 years like one of our neighbors. Yes, they are very careless about what goes into their septic system. So many times I've seen him cleaning his fish catch as he's a diehard fisherman and hunter and flushing all the remains of his catch/hunt etc down his outside cleaning station electric sink disposal drain going right into his septic tank! He constantly claims the peopls who installed his septic system screwed up and that his septic tank must be very tiny. Same people who installed ours so many years ago and both were approved. DUH! Guess you can't fix stupid!
