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Driving any vehicle over a soil treatment area should be avoided due to soil compaction, which can cause a lack of oxygen transfer to the system and increase frost depth in cold climates.
What property owners do around their tanks and pretreatment units and over their soil treatment can greatly impact the accessibility and longevity of the system.
Vegetation around tanks and pretreatment units
Pretreatment occurs in septic tanks and pretreatment units prior to...