handirifle
Veteran Member
Just had our tank pumped for the first time since building in 2010. Probably could have gone longer, but a number of things started working against us. First there are tree roots growing through, where the PVC lines enter the tank. There also appears to be some actually coming through where the main tank cap (not the removable clean out caps) seals against the tank sides.
At the entry to the primary tank we cut 2 roots about 1 1/4" thick. Those roots are also allowing some water to seep, not so slowly, back into the tank. It seeps cause the ground is saturated here. Everything is on a slope downhill from the tank, but even after pumping, about a 1/4" stream was coming back in through the 4" line that exits the secondary tank. We live kinda in the bottom of a bowl, and hydraulic pressure causes water to seep to the surface in quite a few areas.
Not a LOT I can do about it coming back from the leech lines, except a backflow valve in that line.
I know I need to dig out around the entry line to the tank, and cut away those roots, and most likely remove them around the PVC and reseal that area. We just came off a 5 yr drought, so the trees have been going crazy for water sources.
The line exits the secondary tank (concrete tank) then about 25-30ft to a distribution tank (also concrete) then to 2, 100ft leech lines that were at least 4ft deep.
I may have to rent small excavator to clear around the tank, but are there any suggestions to TRY and keep the roots from coming back?
At the entry to the primary tank we cut 2 roots about 1 1/4" thick. Those roots are also allowing some water to seep, not so slowly, back into the tank. It seeps cause the ground is saturated here. Everything is on a slope downhill from the tank, but even after pumping, about a 1/4" stream was coming back in through the 4" line that exits the secondary tank. We live kinda in the bottom of a bowl, and hydraulic pressure causes water to seep to the surface in quite a few areas.
Not a LOT I can do about it coming back from the leech lines, except a backflow valve in that line.
I know I need to dig out around the entry line to the tank, and cut away those roots, and most likely remove them around the PVC and reseal that area. We just came off a 5 yr drought, so the trees have been going crazy for water sources.
The line exits the secondary tank (concrete tank) then about 25-30ft to a distribution tank (also concrete) then to 2, 100ft leech lines that were at least 4ft deep.
I may have to rent small excavator to clear around the tank, but are there any suggestions to TRY and keep the roots from coming back?