BEFORE MICRO BACTERIA TREATMENT
On November 10, 2003 we excavated this job because sewer water was backing up into the bacement of the house. The septic tank was flooded. Note the high sludge marks on the dirt embankment alongside the junction box. That's how high the leaching bed is (this is a raised bed type system with no pump.) The system was installed too deep with too small of a septic tank. You can tell it was too small by the amount of sludge that left the tank. (Laundry and all go through this system) This box was never pumped or cleaned before our micro treatment. We put in a larger septic tank, a true 1,500 gallon poly septic tank with a 25 year guarantee. Never pumped the old tank. The new tank overflows to the old concrete tank then to the leaching field (bed type). The junction box was treated with the old tank the same day we installed the new tank. Again, no pumping was done in either the old septic tank or junction box. Just look at all that sludge all over that box!