The septic's sceptic (or the rhubarb's always bigger)
 Yesterday, Pigdump presented some concerns about the flushing of toilet paper into a septic tank system. Our point was, if you don't flush it, what do you do with it? Gather it all together in a big garbage bag and lug it back to the city with you? Or maybe at the end of the weekend you don the rubber gloves and grab the pile of...of..ugh... and throw it on the bonfire. Can you imagine? What are these people thinking?
This tale of the tile bed is filled with intrigue. Here's what some of our far-flung reporters have found:
From a stringer in the Ottawa Valley:
"I adhere to a strict flush it only if it's white toilet paper rule at our cottage, as apparently coloured toilet paper contains too many nasty chemicals that react badly to the inner working of our septic tank. I know this cause a guy in a John Deer baseball cap and muddy cougar boots told me so..."
And our Maritime freelancer sends a partial report from Lunenberg county:
"Survey of one neighbour -- toilet paper goes down the toilet of course. (It's a horrid rainy day here. No other neighbours around to ask about toilet paper. I could ask the post master, but it might be unseemly to do so in a public place.)
Municipal Matters (published by Municipality of the District of Lunenberg) -- among the Do's and
Don'ts of septic use: Do not go into your septic tank!
Plumbing advice:
Do's:
- Toilet paper gets a thumbs up -- it breaks down.
- But watch out for happy green grass or thriving plants near your tank or septic bed. This means
the septic is probably surfacing. -- Yikes is what I say!!
- Have a bi-yearly checkup for the system. Costs about $130.
Dont's
- No paper towel or handy wipes. They don't break down.
- No grease. It blocks the line to the tank and then you have major problems.
- Wait until you have a problem, and it can cost $10,000+ for a new system -- need to increase the
mortgage."
So at the end of the day it sounds like I'm going to be flushing the old TP down the cottage terlet. And what can you say about those clowns who don't? Poo-poo to them, darnit!
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