Originally Posted by
speedball1
Andrew,
You can't "bootleg" the connection to the old septic systen? In my area we direct our kitchen and washer discharge to a grease trap,(see image) before letting it enter a septic tank and filter bed. That way the garbage from a disposal and all the grease and fiber from a washer will be trapped. It's only good plumbing practice to protect the filter bed. Our area also will not allow anything but sewerage and gray water in the city sewer system. No rain water run off, No AC , sump pump or swimming pool discharge in the city or county sewer system. The reason being the cost of processing all that extra water as sewage. Good luck and thanks for the information. Tom
I'm not sure about the grease trap, and perhaps in the county, where no municipal service is available, as long as the "old septic" is in working order, then I suppose it could be used. Although there may be issues with the two "working" septic systems being to close together.
However, in this county, if you have access to public water or sewer, you are required to connect to it, or pay a "no user fee" from the authority.
This has been met with great criticism over the years as urban sprawl takes over, the authority is laying pipe left and right, as as it comes down a certain street, residents are required to connect to it, and foot the bill of connection, which for water/sewer combined, can get to an upwards of $10,000.
Naturally, any septic systems must be discontinued, and wells shut down.
In the above posters situation, in this county, if he has access to the county sewer, then he must discharge is washer waste water to it. However, gutters, sump pumps, AC condensate, and things of that nature must not.
I'm not a code enforcer, or plumber by trade, I just know what I have expirenced.
I'd like to know what state procheklou lives in. The fact is, none of this may apply to him.
In any event, it souds like it would pay for him to call the local inspectors office and see if he can do what he is suggesting.
The local inspector will rank above anything that any one of us says on this website eh?