[Novalug] Very OT - Water Softener Question

[DonJr]

On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 09:23 -0400, Theodore Ruegsegger wrote:
> Master Plumber Don wrote:
> 
> > Don't let them discharge the brine into a septic (or sewer for that
> > matter) it will KILL the bacteria that makes the septic-tank work.
> 
> Um, so where should they discharge it?
> 
> After 18 years on Fairfax County water, I'm back in New England with a
> well and everything I learned 24 years ago is probably obsolete now. I
> remember both the well guy and the septic guy telling me that with
> modern detergents and everything else that goes down the drain,
> keeping the bacteria alive is a forlorn hope, and we all just pump out
> the tanks when they fill up. Sounded kinda pointless to me at the time
> but I had no better information.
> 
> What's the real scoop?
> 
> Ted

The last place where I had both a softener and a septic tank (over 10
years since I lived there) we just discharged the brine onto the side of
the gravel driveway. {-: Made for an icy walk some winter mornings, :-}

The best choice would be a Storm-Sewer or drainage ditch where it will
quickly get mixed with fresh water from other sources.

see "Water Softener Use Raises Questions for Septic System Owners"
<http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/gndwater/privatewells/Water%20Softener%20Use%20Raises%20Questions%20for%20System%20Owners.htm>
for more thoughts and information on this subject.


Google: water softener brine disposal

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