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Small Cabin Forum / Off-Grid Living / Old septic system

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Tikwalus Member	# Posted: 23 Sep 2019 19:26 Reply  I dug mine up today. 4 ft by 8 ft. Concrete tank. 2 inch outlet poly pipe. I suspect no real leach field. Creek about 200 ft away. No smells or wet spots.
Tikwalus Member	# Posted: 28 Sep 2019 21:10 Reply  Thinking this dry well or seep pit. I guess it is grandfathered. Mostly crap soil with maybe three ft above bedrock. I guess I have room for two 70 ft trenches. Better then putting it directly into ground water. Here in bc I think they make you get an engineer to upgrade it etc. Too risky to get govt involved.

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