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Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 1:52
| Sorry if this is the wrong forum, couldn't see anywhere else.
Old septic tank located right where part of a drainage swale was to run. Now that I have unearthed it I am considering using it as overflow for said drainage swale. Any reason why a defunct septic tank cant be used as makeshift dry well for low volume overflow? Any advice or words of caution would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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| In my state it would be illegal. It also should have been pumped clean and filled with sand when abandoned (in my state). It also is a tank and once full, it will no longer serve any purpose at all because it won't drain. .... if it was a leaching field, that would be different. |
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- Posted by natural-sens (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 10:06
| From the research I have done a septic tank is most commonly accompanied with a leaching field at its base, no? |
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