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.
A reader recently asked how drip irrigation systems operate to treat septic tank effluent. In general, a drip irrigation system is nothing more than a type of pressure distribution system where the goal is to spread the septic tank effluent out over both space and time. This means...
