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Posted by Andy & Carol on January 14, 2007, 2:16 pm
Few years back, i cleaned my salt holding tank after 15 years of operation.
I dumped the salt brian in the back yard, from the tank and then took
my garden hose to desperse it. Bad mistake! Killed all the vegetation in the
area for 4 years!
I have a septic tank, and it does not have any effect on it, if fact the
system works well!
My 2 cents worth!
>I am planning on running a pipe from my sump pump pit to daylight
> behind my house. The water softener (approx. 9 years old) effluent
> discharges into my sump pit and hence would be occasionally dispensed
> along with the water normally accumulating in the pit onto a certain
> area behind my house (where the pipe ultimately daylights).
>
> Should I be concerned about the potential harmful effects this
> effluent might have on grass in the area? I have read some recent
> literature that water softener effluent is not the scourge on septic
> systems as the original axiom suggested and may, in fact, be
> beneficial for septic systems. I have not found any information,
> however, relative to the impact of effluent (especially when it is a
> portion of the total outflow) to plant life.
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts regarding,
> --Howie
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