what is the difference between septic system and sewer system toilets.?

Question

Someone said that you cant flush ANYTHING except toilet paper (and excretion) down a septic system. (I don't know what else you would flush down there anyway?????) so what is the difference between the two

Answer 1

Nothing. With a septic system, you have to be a little more environmentally friendly with your soaps. The more organic material that hits the septic tank, the better. As always, never put grease down the drains That will kill a septic system quickly. $10,000 +

Answer 2

Public is connected to the public sewer out at the street. A septic tank is self contained and needs to be pumped every 4 or 5 years or so. It is not connected to the public sewer system. It has fill lines that drain liquids and the solids have to be pumped. A step system is a septic tank with no fill lines that is connected to the public sewer system. It too has to be pumped every few years. The reason for doing this (and it is becoming more and more popular in areas with a large growth rate) is so that the public systems don't have to be upgraded. None is really better than the other. In most areas, even if you have a septic tank, if public lines runs adjacent to your property, you have to pay the public sewer charge. I have a step system. So far, no problems. I do pay the public septic rate, but the city is responsible for the cost of pumping the tank as well as the cost of any maintenance that it may require.

Answer 3

Septic systems are a buried tank in your yard that you have to get pumped out every 5 years or so. Only the water is released out of the tank into the ground around it. A septic system is what I consider to be for city water systems where once you flush it goes through the pipes and through the underground system of pipes and eventually to a waste treatment plant. If you have a septic tank everything you flush stays in it and can eventuall y clog the drainage pipes and fill up so you have to get it pumped out.

Answer 4

Septic systems work by bacteria eating the solids in the tank. This is why you need to be careful what you put down the drains. Caustic chemicals used in cleaning can kill the bacteria and the tank will fill up faster. Grease and oil are not good for septics.

Answer 5

First off, a sewer system is easier to climb around in.

Going into a septic system feels like you are in a large box, but the hole is a lot smaller and the doody isn't flowing like it does in a sewer system it just collects.

A sewer system also has alligators and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live in the sewer. Sometimes I drop a pizza off at a drainhole near my house so that they stay well fed and are able to protect the city from Shredder.

I'll put you on the prayer list at church

Answer 6

Mains sewerage involves waste water from your property going into a pipe that carries it away, hopefully to a treatment works, along with a lot of other people's waste water.

A septic system involves waste water, usually from just one property, going into a storage tank, also usually in the property (generally underground). This tank is then emptied on a regular basis by someone who comes along with a tanker, and a large pump. You probably do have to be more careful about what you put into a domestic septic system than what you can put into a mains sewerage system.

There are also industrial septic systems, for waste that would gunge up the normal sewerage system. For example, the on-side butchery where I work has a septic system for the wastes produced by meat processing. Because meat has fat on it, the waste the butchery produces is rich with fats, and is removed by specialists in dealing with oily wastes. (Again, garages need some special arrangements for disposing of things like used engine oil.)

To add to your waste water general knowledge: waste water is split into two categories, grey water, and black water. Black water contains excrement, grey water is the sort of thing you would typically get after someone has washed their hands, or done the laundry.