Steps to constructing a new sewage treatment

     Nearly 20% of American household depend on septic systems to treat their waste water, failure to maintain a septic system will lead to backups, malfunctions and early failures can result expensive repairs.

     Septic system are underground waste water treatment structures that use a combination of nature and time-tested technology to treat waste water from household plumbing produced by bathroom, kitchen and laundry. People can find out if they are using the septic system by many ways. If you are using the septic system, you can find zero charge on your "sewer amount charged" on your water bill; the waterline coming into your house doesn't have a meter or your neighborhood have a septic system. There are some advantages about maintaining your septic system. It can save your money compared with repair it; it can protect your property value and also it can keep you can your neighborhood healthy to stop contaminating nearby service water.

     There are six major steps to constructing a new sewage treatment system. First, contact your local health district for the information on STS permitting. The local health district will visit your site to begin the initial site evaluation process. Second, determine where to locate the STS. The nature soil is most commonly used for STS from a home. A complete evaluation of the soil is the soil thickness and where it is located. Other conditions include slope, topography and the location of nearby water source and drinking water supplies. These evaluation service are provided by local health district or some private companies. Third, find a suitable type of STS for your land.  Fourth, obtain quotes and bids from registered STS contractors, the contract must have fully discussed all steps of the construction process and service. Fifth, the local health district will perform a final inspection of your system to approve or disapprove the installations. And the last step, start operation and maintenance of your new STS to ensure the system works.

 
This is a picture of a failure STS in China. It is exposed to the air and it would affect nearby water and human health.


This is a good example of STS. This is the water supposed to be like.