As the nation gets older, more and more people are using man different types of medications for all sorts of ailments. While this may be beneficial to resolve or treat a medical condition, these medications that are helping can potentially play havoc on septic system and increase the chances of large septic and cesspool maintenance costs.
Some of you may be reading this and may be saying to yourself "that if you have medical issue, you are not going to be to concerned about whether or not you should flush any type of medicines down the toilet." It just seems like the right thing to do, doesn't it?
I completely get it, As a child and growing up as a teenager, I would throw everything down the toilet and I could care less what it was. The toilet was not only a place were I could relieve myself from a bad dinner but also, a place were I could test the limits of when our sewer pipes needed to be cleaned.
Long Island, where I lived growing up and where I still live today has basically 2 types of waste disposal systems. If you live in Nassau County, more than likely you will be attached to a sewer system. If you live it Suffolk County you will wither have cesspool system or a septic system.
Getting back to what I threw done the toiled while growing up. It did not make a different what it was. It could be food, balloons, that nasty bucket water, detergent, cleaners, who cares! If it could fit or be pored, it was going in.
Now, like I said, being that we were attached to a county maintained sewer so it was not our issue. Now that being said my dad was a one man cesspool, sewer and drain service company because the toilet would get clogged a lot
Part of the a the Septic system is the tank itself. This is were all of throwing all of the stuff I threw in would make a heck of a difference. Basically, a Cesspool, if by itself, has higher costs to maintained because it requires pumping and cleaning regularly.
If combined with a septic tank and drain field, it just servers as a overflow but it becomes a truly amazing feat of engineering.
The septic tank needs bacteria do it's job. It breaks down the solids in the tank. If you throw antibiotics in the toilet, or anything that kill bacteria, you are going to cause yourself to have maintenance headaches.
Always be careful of what you throw down the toilet. It may come back later to bit you in the %@!
Some of you may be reading this and may be saying to yourself "that if you have medical issue, you are not going to be to concerned about whether or not you should flush any type of medicines down the toilet." It just seems like the right thing to do, doesn't it?
I completely get it, As a child and growing up as a teenager, I would throw everything down the toilet and I could care less what it was. The toilet was not only a place were I could relieve myself from a bad dinner but also, a place were I could test the limits of when our sewer pipes needed to be cleaned.
Long Island, where I lived growing up and where I still live today has basically 2 types of waste disposal systems. If you live in Nassau County, more than likely you will be attached to a sewer system. If you live it Suffolk County you will wither have cesspool system or a septic system.
Getting back to what I threw done the toiled while growing up. It did not make a different what it was. It could be food, balloons, that nasty bucket water, detergent, cleaners, who cares! If it could fit or be pored, it was going in.
Now, like I said, being that we were attached to a county maintained sewer so it was not our issue. Now that being said my dad was a one man cesspool, sewer and drain service company because the toilet would get clogged a lot
Part of the a the Septic system is the tank itself. This is were all of throwing all of the stuff I threw in would make a heck of a difference. Basically, a Cesspool, if by itself, has higher costs to maintained because it requires pumping and cleaning regularly.
If combined with a septic tank and drain field, it just servers as a overflow but it becomes a truly amazing feat of engineering.
The septic tank needs bacteria do it's job. It breaks down the solids in the tank. If you throw antibiotics in the toilet, or anything that kill bacteria, you are going to cause yourself to have maintenance headaches.
Always be careful of what you throw down the toilet. It may come back later to bit you in the %@!
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