Pump to Gravity: Does It Make Sense?

Once a pump has been added to the onsite system design, why not use it to take advantage of the benefits of pressure distribution?

In the more than 30 years I have worked with onsite wastewater treatment systems, I’ve seen many things that don’t seem to make sense: drainfields with six feet of soil cover, tanks buried more than 10 feet to the top of the lid, a system pumped under a driveway through a garden...

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