Our fleet of Cusco and Presvac Vacuum Tankers are available for owners of residential, commercial and municipal systems. We provide routine maintenance or emergency cleaning.

Services:

• Septic Tank and Cesspool Cleaning
• Grease Trap Cleaning
• Drywells and Ejector Pits
• Leachate and Sludge Hauling
• Bacteria Treatment Products
• Waste Water Disposal
• Septic Tank and Field Repairs

Maintaining Your Septic Tank

A normal septic tank should be cleaned every two years with ordinary use. If you have a garbage disposal, your septic tank should be cleaned once a year. Septic system maintenance means that sludge that accumulates at the bottom of the tank must be cleaned out periodically. There is no additive that you can put in the tank that will deal with the sludge. It must be pumped. If it is not cleaned, it will clog the system, which will then need replacement. A new septic system is an enormous expense, not to mention the inconvenience and time lost. Additives may be used for extending the life of leach fields, but the septic tank should be cleaned for the removal of sludge and solids.

Things You Should Know About Your Septic System

The Septic system is an on-site sewage treatment and disposal system buried in the ground. A septic system consists of a septic tank and a soil absorption area.

The purpose of a septic tank is to receive household wastes (laundry, bath water, discarded food scraps, body wastes, etc.) Solids settle to the bottom and grease rises to the top. The liquid passes into a leaching system. Bacterial action decomposes part of the solids and grease. Inorganic and hard-to-decompose material remains and gradually fills the tank until the solids pass into and plug the leaching system.

Solid material overflowing into the soil absorption area should be avoided at all costs. When solids overflow, they clog the soil pores and cause septic systems to fail. Two main factors cause solid material to build up and to overflow:

Bacterial Deficiency

Lack of Sludge Removal by Septic Tank Cleaning Bacterial must be present in the septic tank to digest the organic solids. Normally bacterial is present from household waste unless harm is done to the bacteria from certain home care products that destroy them.

The Leaching System

The liquid from the septic tank system goes into the leaching field where it seeps away into the soil. Impurities are removed by filtering through the soil and by bacterial action. If solids and grease are allowed to pass through the septic tank, they will plug the pores and no longer permit the liquid to seep away. They clog the pipe perforations and cause drainage to slow and eventually stop. The liquid then backs up into the house or overflows onto the ground causing a mess and a terrible problem.