Your septic tank is on of the two crucial parts of your septic treatment system. All the waste from your home flows through here, where all the "magic" happens.

In the diagram above you can see the following parts labelled.

Inspection Pipe - Rods that allow you to test the level, much like an oil dipstick in your car. Not all tanks are equipped with these.

Manhole - The lids which give us, the pumper, access to the contents within. Most tanks have two "sides" - the liquid side and the solid side. In these cases, the solids are closest to the house, while liquid side is closest to the field bed.

Inlet from House - This is from where everything exits your house and enters the septic tank.

Scum - Floating solids that must not be allowed to enter the fieldbed. These particles have yet to be broken down into clear liquid, at which point their solid content would sink to the bottom and form the sludge.

Sludge -The sludge is the by-product of your septic system - the very thing you call upon us to pump out. While the liquid side of your tank will constantly fill up and empty out on its own, the solid side will slowly build up until you get it pumped out or it plugs up the inlet or outlet tee.