"I Can't Afford It"

4/17/200910:54:39 AM Link |  | Add comment

While I was working on one of my first jobs and trying to keep a young family afloat, a doctor I met at a meeting asked how long it had been since my last checkup.  "I can't afford to take off to go to the doctor ," I replied.  "You can't afford not to go to the doctor," he said, a look of utter shock on his face.  He was right, of course.  And what he said is true of many things we all claim at some point that we can't afford.

Allow me to suggest here that you can't afford not to provide your septic system the maintenance and care it requires to function as a viable wastewater treatment unit for years to come.  If you own a septic system it is recommended industry wide by Professionals and Academia's to pump your system once every three years.  Your septic system is used every day and we expect it to function as designed.  Consider your car, you use it every day and you expect it to start and function as designed.  Every 3000 miles you change your oil.  Changing your oil on schedule keeps the grundge and gunk that accumalates in your oil filter and oil pan from entering the engine and causing irreversible damage.  Think of your septic tank as your oil pan and your septic field as your engine.  Pumping your septic tank every 3 years cleans the solids that sludge from your tseptic tank that does not liquidfy.  If not removed, this sludge will transfer through the septic tank to the septic field and cause such irreversible damage that most septic systems are unrepairable and have to be replaced.

Pumping your septic tanks every 3 years is preventative maintenance that keeps your septic system functioning as designed without potential water quality issues and expensive repairs.  Can you afford a new septic system due to poor maintenance?