Are there harmful effects of water softener discharges on household septic tanks?
According to the Water Quality Association (WQA), water softener regeneration discharges do not pose a problem to septic systems or to the leach field. Studies have shown that water softener regeneration wastes not only do not interfere with the septic tank system drain field soil percolation, but, actually could improve soil percolation, particularly in fine-textured soils.
According to the American Water Quality Association (WQA), water softener regeneration discharges do not pose a problem to septic systems or to the leach field. Studies have shown that water softener regeneration wastes does not only not interfere with the septic tank system drain field soil percolation, but actually could improve soil percolation, particularly in fine-textured soils.
According to the Water Quality Association (WQA), water softener regeneration discharges do not pose a problem to properly-sized septic systems or to the leach field. Studies* have shown that water softener regeneration wastes do not interfere with the septic tank system drain field soil percolation, and, actually could improve soil percolation, particularly in fine-textured soils. *”Home Water Treatment System Discharges to On-Site Wastewater Systems”, J.F. Harrison, C.F Michaud, Water Conditioning & Purification Publication, (12/2005, pp. 34-39) Your Culligan Dealer can give you more details about how a water softener system will work with a septic system.
