The Pumper's Wife

Happy Thursday Folks!     It’s a cloudy day in Nebraska with a few sprinkles.     Most of the time I don’t like the rain because rain always slows our company down.     When it comes to installation work, we need the ground to work with us and wet soil does NOT do that!     However, currently in Nebraska we are experiencing such a drought that we could probably get a 4-inch rain and still not really notice it!     It is that dry.     So, I will take any rain that wants to come to Nebraska!   Why do I bring this up?   Well, unlike some businesses, ours is impacted A LOT by weather.  Just as I shared above, if it rains, we typically can’t work for 2-3 days.  We need the soil to be dry in order to dig for our installation work.  When it rains, we have to allow time for the soil to dry out, so rain (in a typical year) can give us grief.     Today though, I want to address the w...

  I had the sweetest lady call today with a few questions about her septic system.     Though she had lived on septic before, she recently moved and had a brand new septic system and wanted to know about using Chlorox and other cleaners.     We did a quick little “septic system lesson for beginners” and I figured this might be a good update or reminder for you guys as well!   So….here’s what we covered:   What kind of cleaners can I use in my house if I live on septic? For the most part, you can use what you have used when living in town on city sewer.  Chlorox is fine so long as you aren’t pouring gallon jugs down the drain every day.  Very few people use enough Chlorox or other cleaners to disrupt the good bacteria growing in your tank.  The only people we get concerned about are those who might run cleaning businesses from their home and maybe even use those industrial or commercial grade cleaners IN THEIR OWN home....

  Despite the little “surprise” shower we got earlier this week, it kinda feels like there’s a state- wide ban on rain showers, doesn’t it?     It’s like Nebraska has some sort of magnetic field that has been repelling all moisture from the state.   Does anyone else feel this way?   Because we are so dry, I got an interesting call the other day from one of my customers.  She, like many of us, has noticed how dry and cracked the ground is everywhere on her property – even above her lateral field.  So, she called to see if it would be wise to water her laterals.   Considering how dry it has been, I totally understand why she called!  Honestly, I think Arizona has received more rain this summer than we have.  Soon we will see armadillos and cacti overtaking the Nebraska cornfields!  But to her question, I had to answer NO.   Here’s why….   Every drop of wastewater that comes out of your house is event...