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andersonjosh
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# Posted: 18 Jan 2017 05:34am
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ahoy fellow humans, just wondering if anyone out there has heard of a simple gravity feed septic system with a drain field that feeds garden beds? Am I dreaming? Can one do this in a climate that has 6 months of winter? would it meet the heavy handed health standards? It seems everyone out there is pooping in buckets and dumping it on the compost pile.. has this method been slightly modernized?
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 18 Jan 2017 12:24pm
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Google "garden septic field" and read how many reasons why this is a bad idea.
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groingo
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# Posted: 18 Jan 2017 12:30pm
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Grey water such as shower or bathing water, dish water and laundry is fine but fecal matter has lots of nasty bugs in it which you don't want near you....it gets nastier as it breaks down so keep the fecal matter contained and isolated and no real issues.
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andersonjosh
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# Posted: 20 Jan 2017 05:07am
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Quoting: DaveBell Google "garden septic field" and read how many reasons why this is a bad idea.
haha! thanks for that advice! I should build an immunity to cholera first before going ahead with it.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 20 Jan 2017 08:52am
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And build immunity to several dozen others as well.
Quoting: andersonjosh would it meet the heavy handed health standards
Yes it would, and this is one area where ALL health departments will be VERY heavy handed, and its hard to blame them. Even with standard septic systems, eventually one or the other fails, water gets on the surface, the dog runs through the swamp, the kids pet the dog, the kids go to school and touch everything, the other kids touch everything, and before you know it there is a 'gastrointestinal breakout' (yuck).
Effluent from a grey water system can be used in a garden. There are 'creative' and safe ways to deal with sewage. But any method that allows sewage water to come to the surface where it is exposed is totally wrong.
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old243
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# Posted: 20 Jan 2017 05:42pm
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I have a farm and most years spread a load of manure on my wife's garden. Have been doing it most years since 1975 . The biggest problem I see is that it increases weed load in the garden. The yield's are good, though. Don't think you will have a problem, just don't tell them. old243
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andersonjosh
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# Posted: 20 Jan 2017 07:26pm
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Quoting: old243 spread a load of manure on my wife's garden
is it your wife's manure though?
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 20 Jan 2017 10:19pm - Edited by: bldginsp
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Ha ha ha!
There is a big difference between barnyard manure and the human variety. Though we may think of ourselves otherwise, reality is we have some of the most ********y digestive systems of all land walking critters.
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