The Pumper's Wife

If you’re building in the country, something you might not know is you have install a wastewater system – or a place for all your wastewater to go.  In town, there is plumbing and city sewers to take care of all that, but if you build in the country you have to provide your own sewer system!  The most popular types of wastewater systems are septic systems. Septic systems work in conjunction with Mother Nature.  The largest part of a septic system is the drain field (also known as a lateral field or leach field).  The drain field is the portion of your septic system that uses the soil to absorb ALL of the water that comes out of your house.  Every time you flush, do a load of laundry, take a shower, run the dishwasher, wash your hands, etc., the water drains out of the house and eventually ends up in the soil right outside. But there’s actually a little more involved with where your septic system is placed and what kind of soil is best at absorbing water…. Before you can

Grandma used to say "my 'forgetter' works better than anything else I got!"  As I get older, I totally see where Grandma was coming from.  Wow...why is it so hard to remember things? The other day I was reading an article (non-septic related – shocker, I know…) about memory loss and a recent study that found the average adult forgets three things a day.    Three things a day!!    Isn’t that crazy?    On the list of things “most forgotten” the top 5 were: 1.       Letting a cup a coffee go cold 2.       Where you put your keys 3.       What you went into a shop for 4.       Clothes in the washing machine 5.       Taking food out of the freezer We live in a world where there are more pressures and distractions than ever before.    This does not aid in our memory loss.    So, if we struggle to remember things daily what about things we need to remember on a monthly or even yearly level?    Or even worse…every 3-5 years?    Like pumping your sep

Nebraska is one of those fortunate states that gets to experience all four seasons every year.  Our springs are typically cool and wet, summers hot and dry, crisp falls, and cold, snowy winters.  During any one of these seasons, we can experience extreme weather.  For instance, the fall of 2018 was extremely rainy and led into a winter that was colder than we have seen for a while.   We also gleaned quite a bit of snow during the 2018-19 winter as well. Why am I taking the time to tell you this? Your septic system is sensitive to what Mother Nature does.  If we have a wet fall or spring and the ground is overly saturated, this can cause problems for your system.  Typically, it is the older systems that struggle more during times like these, but we have seen newer systems have problems as well.  It all depends on the amount of water a household uses, the soil type your system is placed in, and the amounts of rain (or snow melt) we have received from Mother Nature. A