My property will need a septic system. What is involved?
• Use a licensed contractor for soil percolation testing and construction. • Review county or city regulations. • Need soil that drains water fast enough but not too fast. • Need soil at sufficient depth and square area. • Obey setbacks from property line, washes, wells. • Conventional systems require collection tank and leach field (trenches). • Alternative systems may cost from $12,000 to $25,000. • TIP: put in an oversize system to accommodate adding a bedroom, bathroom, or guest house.
