During a mandatory four-year pumpout and inspection at a three-bedroom home in Rapho Township, Pa., a service provider from Thomas H. Erb and Sons found the rear door of a tractor trailer and other material covering the collapsed 350-gallon metal septic tank.A dye test revealed sewage flowing from a clay tile pipe that surfaced 50 feet from the septic tank, then running downhill to a stream. The condition continued for three years before the township issued a sewage violation and gave the owners 30 days to comply.“When a copy of the violation notice arrived in June, we didn’t have a
