Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    arthurcd's Avatar
    arthurcd Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #1

    May 16, 2013, 06:46 PM
    Leaking Wastewater
    Dear Person

    I have recently experienced some issues in our two and a half year old septic tank / leach drain system.
    The Water Closet was blocking and a plumber came, inserted a CCTV camera from the outside inspection hole - this revealed root intrusion at the 90 degree elbow to the pan. He cleared the blockage with his cleaning machine and all was OK. As this is a new system we asked the builders plumber why we were getting root intrusion after 2.5 years. He has not responded as yet.
    Two weeks ago we then observed a puddle of wastewater on the ground which is situated between the septic tank and the leach drain. This has been getting worse each day and is becoming a health hazard. We have recently experienced heavy rains which is not helping the ground absorbing the wastewater.
    The builders plumber has also not responded to this question either. Is this a serious issue, should I continue waiting whilst the wastewater continues to rise or should the matter be investigated immediately. What would be the cause of the leak after all this time of working OK. We live on a treed block in the hills area of perth.

    Arthur

Check out some similar questions!

Wastewater system for washing machine [ 1 Answers ]

I have a basement situation where the waste pipe is above the washing machine. So the water from the washing machine is drained into the slop sink then drained into a pump to push the water to the waste pipe. Can you recommend a pump that will handle the water directly from the washing machine and...

Wastewater+mtorexhaust=? [ 1 Answers ]

What if we dispose waste water using motor exhaust i.e. motor exhaust is hot while water is cold i.e. to evaporate waste water by the heat of motor exhaust of millons of cars Your response is highly app. Thanks Shaker tarakhan Amman jordan

Possible change to wastewater sewer from septic tank [ 1 Answers ]

My parents have a house and some land in a rural area in MO (which is unfortunately becoming de-ruralized). Currently they have a septic tank system and all is well. There are no issues of water overflowing, backing up, storm-water run-off, or flooding; it's a very Earth-friendly property. A...

Connecting washer wastewater in basement [ 2 Answers ]

Hi, In my basement, the drain pipe to the septic system looks like the attached picture (I apologize for the poor picture quality here). We had the vertical pipe capped prior to moving in at the recommendation of the home inspector. However, the pipe is/was was the drain pipe for the washing...

Membrane Technology in Wastewater Treatment [ 1 Answers ]

How do Membrane Bioreactors(MBR's) operate and what is the fundamental difference between an MBR and a conventional Activated Sludge Reactor(Aeration Tank)? How is secondary clarification obviated in a process with an MBR?


View more questions Search
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.