Jim Anderson, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate and recipient of the pumping industry’s Ralph Macchio Lifetime Achievement Award. Email Jim questions about septic system maintenance and operation at editor@pumper.com.
As I mentioned last month, a long-running debate in the industry has centered on advanced corrosion in concrete sewage tanks. The culprit causing this corrosion has long been identified as hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S). The gas is generated by the decay of organic matter in anaerobic...
