I bought a home 8 years ago from a guy that told me he had recently had the tank pumped. He had a wife and 3 teenage daughters, so I wasnt all that alarmed. Over the years several times during saturating rains, have had some slow draining. But around Christmas 2006 it stopped up and I had to have it pumped. It was full to the top. Yesterday it stopped up again. I had another guy pump it and he said immediately I had more isues than just needing pumped based on it being completely full above the outlet level. After pumping he looked and said there was no baffle on the outlet at all. He then proceeded to tell me that I would almost certainly need a new field line. While I agree that I am sure I have gotten lots of floating debris into my field line, would you immediately plan on replacing new field line? He suggested calling the Health Dept and get it inspected and go from there. So, I called them and have an application being mailed as we speak. Finally to get to the real question, Is there a way to determine the how much flow I am getting through the leech field? I am planning on at the very least getting a Tee put on the the outlet to create a baffle. But can the inspector really tell how functional the field line is? Any advice or comments will be appreciated.....

I come in the house the other night cut on the water and NO WATER... I went out and pulled up the switch. It was open and I saw no black burn markes around the points.. I then closed the points left it closed a few mins and open back open. Did this a few times and went back inside and I now got WATER... Just not as much water pressure. It has been still working the past 2 days. I went into town and bought a switch I have not put it on yet.. I put a new 2hp pump in 2 mos ago This just got me puzzled What do you think it might be?? Dave in Tennessee