Hopefully I can get some advice about my specific situation! I have a basic gravity septic system, original to the house built in 1986. There is a tank (the main cover is under a pathway leading to the backyard), there is a small inspection cover where you can see the outlet, about 10' of pipe to the distribution box, which has seven laterals in it. Also a clean out port right next to the house. We bought the house in 2002 and did 3 tank empties, but the last one was done this past November, (before that 7 years earlier), when the first floor toilet was not flushing and was backing up into the shower stall. If you let it sit overnight, it would drain down enough to get another flush or two and then back up again. That started happening again last week, and this time it did not drain down at all. First backup was Friday morning, we went away for the weekend and when we returned no change. I dug up the main cover and it was filled to the brim, but water was fairly clean looking. Called septic company to pump and inspect with camera, and his opinion was that drain field is failing. He also dug up dist. box, which I had never known location of before. So now we are waiting to see if drain field recovers at all. I ordered Oxy-Septic and will disperse that into the d-box when it gets here Tuesday. I also added some Roebic products into the d-box and hosed it around for about 10 minutes. [B]Questions: Can I just stick a basic brush effluent filter into the outlet port in the main tank. Or is it more involved than that? Can I add a aeration system into the cleanout port? Or does it have to be submerged in liquid to work? My understanding is it would be bad to put it into the tank as it will stir the solids up.[/B] I also ordered one of those soil probes, ans was thinking of putting a few hundred holes around the drain field area with it. Seems logical to break holes into the biomat and also get more air down there? Thanks for reading any any advice!!

Hello Forum, I just put an offer on a cabin that was inherited and not a lot of info was provided on the water systems. It all worked and visually was clean but I need help identifying exactly what I have here. Is this a drilled point? Driven point? Looks too big to be hand pounded, which makes me think its better than a point. I thought it was a jet pump but there's only one input from what looks like a 2" casing? All of this setup is 10 feet down a stack of concrete casings with the line out to the house buried underground. If' I'm not mistaken this would be a great well for winter use and not freeze so far below the frost line. (NH) Thoughts? Please![ATTACH]70502[/ATTACH]