Septic tank are the sewage treatment systems which keeps & remove the solid wastes   from the waste water by settling it in the basement and transferring it to soil. Constant pumping of septic tanks is must to remove the periodic settlement of the non dis solvable solid wastes in the basement of the septic tanks which may be anything like tissue papers, cigarette buds. Septic tank pumping are done by different ways depending on the situation of the tank situation mostly the work is contracted to septic pumping companies which is usually in the later stages, for daily life sewage tanks can be processed using bacterial enzymes and other which can be easily flushed to the tank.We have tried to summarize the daily practice methods and effective tools for better pumping which include both the systems and the latest microbial technologies.

Septic Tank Pumping considerations: When to exactly know my Septic tank is ready for a pump?

 

As referred, below you can kind a simple table to calculate when your septic tank will be ready for pumping.

Size of Septic Tank (In Gallons)	Total number of Peoples in the house hold
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1000	12 years	6 years	4 years	3 years	2 years	1 years
1250	16 years	7 years	5 years	3  years	3 years	2 years
1500	19 years	9 years	6  years	4 years	3 years	3 years
1750	22 years	11 years	7 years	5 years	4 years	3 years
2000	25 years	12 years	8 years	6 years	4 years	4 years
2250	27 years	14 years	9 years	7 years	5 years	4 years
2500	32 years	16 years	10 years	7 years	5 years	5 years

As you may see from above table, it’s a simple calculation of size of tank to the number of peoples staying in the home. For a normal house hold of four people, a 2000 gallon capacity sewage tank can last without pumping for six years. But the about info will be hindered by a lot of other factors such as the absorbing capacity of the ground soil, clogging of solid wastes such as tissues or other kitchen wastes. Studies suggest septic pumping for better life of the septic tank must be done every 2 years once for better life of the tank. Also make it a habit of opening the septic tank half a year once to watch out for any sludge accumulation.

Septic Tank Pumping Tips: What I must do & what not?

 

1)      Septic tank pumping must be done from manhole, avoid pumping from the ports for inspection as this may damage the tees and the baffles, if still its must do situation to pump from inspection ports ensure that the pumping is done from both ports to make sure the tank is evenly cleaned, also before cleaning it’s better to check the condition of the baffles if its old better to replace it before starting to clean

2)      Even you contract the septic pumping to other companies, its better you supervise the entire process, as heavy sludge’s will be formed the lower layer reverse pumping mechanisms must be applied to break it & absorbed, also there must not be any scratches in the septic tank walls which is very important since it may lead to future leakages.

3)      Bacterial enzymes even though it’s not advised by experts, still can be used to break the clogs and digest the solid wastes

4)      Avoid the kitchen wastes to be mixed to the septic tank, also ensure that limited water is used during the toilet flushing & bathing etc, so as limited usage of toilet tissue papers. Green world needs limited water consumption this may be a good goal towards that direction

5)      Once the septic tank is being cleaned,  please try to install some extra fittings like electronic septic tank monitor which can read the septic level, sludge accumulation, grease formations etc  using sensors, and can warn you in advance for any potential risk.

6)      Watch out for your local town regulations, may be you or your pumping company has to file an official pump out report.

Above you can find the find where a professional pumping team try to explain the pumping process in the layman style, this video can help you better understand the whole process & help you well prepared next time when you are due for the pumping.