septic tank is growling at me. There are bubbles coming up from ground. wanted to get opinions about source.?

Question

I live in Mandeville Louisiana and we've have had a LOT of rain lately and the ground was fairly saturated. Anyway, I've got a septic tank in the ground in front yard and around one of the pipes it sounds like it is gurggling and some bubbles are coming up from under ground. Can the saturated soil from the frequent rain lately have an effect on this?

Could the soil saturation be the source for the liquid not draining properly?

Answer 1

So do you have any idea how a septic tank operates? Firstly, it should never be in the FRONT yard.
The ground should be prepared BEFORE a septic
system is installed.
You need a large tank--then
you need a large leach field
that lays on sand and gravel.
Then you need the system
to be in an area that DOES
NOT get saturated with rain-
water or flooding of any kind.
LA is almost wholly below
sea level, so a septic system
is usually not a good idea.
To solve your problems
immediately--You need to call
the pooper scooper and have
the system cleaned out. If
the ground is saturated, it
won't take long for your system to be overloaded again, only not this time with
human effluent.
When conditions are good
keep the system clean and
use special yeast to "eat"
the refuse. Also DO NOT
put toilet paper/garbage/
grease/ or ANYTHING down
the sink or toilet except
water and body waste.

Answer 2

It's called the "peculation rate" the time it takes a certain amount of water to be absorbed into the soil. This determines the capacity of your tank. If the rate of absorption doesn't exceed your amount of flow your in trouble, eventually it's going to catch up, apparently it has, and your going to have to have it pumped. At least until the ground water level dries or, you have the drain field renewed.
To do this, having the drain field renewed, you'll have to have it, the drain field, all dug up, the tiles replaced and all the back fill replaced with new gravel of specified sizes. This usually costs in the neighborhood of six to ten, even fifteen thousand dollars in some areas.