This is what my septic system looked like during the height of failure. The sewage is about 24” above the outlet of the tank and threatening to spill out onto the lawn. June 2011 was a bad time at my ...

Back in 2012, I wrote about my backed up septic system and the non-traditional methods I was using to try and solve the problem. Five years later people are still asking me how things are going and if ...

Millions of Canadians rely on septic systems to deal with household wastewater, but few homeowners understand how they work. This leads to two problems: mistakes made in managing a septic system, and ...