[R-390] Building Standards

[William J. Neill]

A comment about the septic system and "drain field".

Over here in the Great Dismal Swamp of South Texas, we do NOT have  
drain fields and instead have aerobic systems wherein the effluent,  
purified in a manner of speaking by being passed over chlorine  
tablets prior to entry into the holding tank, is sprayed onto the  
yard daily in the wee hours of the morning.

Drain fields per se are now illegal given that they contaminate  
aquifers.  We have enough problems with chemical plumes from long- 
plugged oil wells and waste sites.

Has worked very well for us in the eleven-plus years we've been here  
and even in times of heavy rains and hurricanes, the system has never  
flooded out and malfunctioned.  We have it pumped out about every  
three years just for maintenance purposes.

Bill Neill
Conroe, Texas

On Aug 3, 2009, at 12:46 PM, rbethman wrote:

Tisha,

In lieu of bronze, I'd suggest stainless steel.  We don't always think
of things like chlorine bleach along with ALL the rest of household
items that go down the drain.  I don't think copper, brass, OR bronze
will have any *real* longevity.  Let's face it, constant replacement is
NOT ideal, and the conductivity of stainless is essentially a wash since
it WILL be in a very conductive fluid.

Another thought.  You have a drain field.  This extra ground can be
directly to the "tiles".  (Yes, I know they don't use tiles any longer!)

Bob - N0DGN

Tisha Hayes wrote:
> Question: This is an odd one. I am on a septic system, I wonder if  
> anyone
> has ever thought of dropping a ground into the septic tank (bronze  
> would
> probably be best). It is always wet and is 10x10x6 so the ground  
> surface
> area would be 340 square feet of surface area (not counting the  
> top) for a
> ground (damp concrete is a good conductor). I may try to drop an  
> element
> into there and hook the Megger to it to see what happens.
>
> When I get around to that experiment I will share the data.
>
>

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