The Pumper's Wife

This spring, I have visited with so many people about their septic systems.  Obviously, it's been a wet spring, so this has led to many conversations about water usage, the impact of our dear Mother Nature and septic system functionality in general.  However, with so many people moving to the country and being "new to septic" I thought I'd take some time to give a quick lesson of what a septic system is and how it's designed to work. I mean, isn’t that what everyone wants to learn more about – wastewater, water usage, poop, and toilet paper?   I figure this is a win-win for everyone. (I should also warn you my first language is sarcasm…brace yourselves accordingly). As I have stated before in previous posts/blogs/articles, so many people don’t really know how their wastewater systems work.   Because they don’t know how they work, they don’t understand simple “dos” and “don’ts” of a septic system.     I totally get it!   Until I got drug into t...

Last week I posted some memes that I considered a good jab at Mother Nature.   Hopefully you enjoyed them too.   However, the last couple of months I have spent a LOT OF TIME talking to customers who live on septic about their systems and the effects of Mother Nature in their functionality.   Those meme’s may be funny, but what rain and extra snow can do to your septic system is definitely NOT a laughing matter. If you are a faithful reader, I’m sure I’m going to sound like a broken record, but water coming both inside the house and outside from Mother Nature plays a HUGE role in how your septic system functions.   Since October of 2018, the state of Nebraska has received MASSIVE totals of rainfall and snow.   Heck, we almost broke our snow fall record this year!   That’s a LOT of moisture for the soil and though systems are designed to handle a lot from the outside forces of nature, there are always exceptions to the rule…say fall of 2018 to s...