Soil Compaction: A Pressing Issue for Soil Treatment Areas

Homeowners can aversely affect the health of their septic system if they don’t understand the concerns and causes of compacted soil

Soil Compaction: A Pressing Issue for Soil Treatment Areas

Putting a play area over a soil treatment system like this should be avoided to prevent compaction of the soil. 

Soil compaction can bring serious consequences to septic system performance. Any soil treatment area — whether it is below grade with trenches, a bed or drip distribution, or above grade with an at-grade or a mound — needs noncompacted soil.

Half of a healthy soil’s makeup is...

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