Diagram Gallery

Conventional Septic System


Conventional Septic System


Drip Irrigation


Septic Drip System


Low Pressure Dosing


LPD System


Leaching Chamber


Leaching Chambers


Et Bed System


ET Bed System


Mound


Mound System


Aerobic Surface Application With Spray Field


Aerobic Spray system




Common Examples of Septic Systems & Issues


Open Septic Tank
Open septic tank with second tank lid damage


Septic Pumping
Open and damaged septic tanks being pumped


Full exposure of septic tanks
Tanks completely open and exposed.


Filling tanks
Tanks demolished- crushed and filled


Completed demo
Demolition completed


Misuse of the drains
Dumping of paints and other materials down the drains is harmful to the system


Collapsed Tanks
Collapsed septic tanks (courtesy of Denton Co. Environmental Health)


Failed drainfield
Failed drainfield (courtesy Denton Co. Environmental Health)


Driveway over lateral lines
Driveway poured over septic lateral lines (courtesy Denton Co. Environmental Health)


Driving over lateral lines
Driving over septic lateral lines can be damaging and cause failure of the system (courtesy of Denton Co. Environmental Health)


failed lateral lines
Failed lateral lines (courtesy Denton Co. Environmental Health)


Raw sewage at inspection port
Raw sewage on the ground at the inspection port (courtesy Denton Co. Environmental Health)


Tank full of roots
Septic tank full of roots


eroded beach showing tanks
Eroded beach exposing buried septic components


Failed trench
Failed trench- clogged filter media and clogged line