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Old 05-12-2007, 12:19 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
brian mitchell brian mitchell is offline
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Default Septic Tank: how often to clean?

"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:48:46 -0800 (PST), wrote:


do you include the grey water to keep the working volumes up, or do you
restrict it to blackwater and rainwater?


Rainwater is a no, no. The volumes of even a small shower on a decent
sized roof will flush a septic tank through far to quickly...


What is the ill effect of that?