Water softener waste line

[heehaw]

i ran ours out on the ground for many many years: it didn't even kill the grass??? i never could figure that one out?? but it worked fine...i buried a one inch pvc pipe about 50 ft or more, an let it go thru it, to get it away from the well or any buildings etc etc...
heehaw

 

[skipmarcy]

i ran ours out on the ground for many many years: it didn't even kill the grass??? i never could figure that one out?? but it worked fine...i buried a one inch pvc pipe about 50 ft or more, an let it go thru it, to get it away from the well or any buildings etc etc...
heehaw

Same here, doesn't even kill the weeds or grass for going on 5 years now.

 

[CurlyDave]

I plumbed mine out into the ditch beside my driveway and then into ABS drain line to get it past a tree I did not want to kill. Every winter, a lot of water flows through that ditch into a winter creek, so I figure it all gets diluted and flushed away in the winter.

 

[MossRoad]

Seeing how the outflow from our water softener is only a 1/4" plastic hose and regeneration only takes about an hour, I fail to see how that is going to overflow a septic system. A shower uses more water than the regeneration cycle. There are 4 showers taken in our house every day plus gosh only knows how many toilet flushes. If the regen on your water softener is overflowing your septic system, you have MUCH bigger problems.

 

[Tig]

Interesting to get some feed back about dumping on the lawn. You'd think that that would add up over time. but on the other hand I think it's only the first flush that has brine. After that it's just water. And come to think of it, the grass in my ditch grew very well.
Moss is right about the regen. It's not real fast and the septic should be able to handle it. I think mine uses around 30 gallons. 50 gallons is one person's daily usage of water. In this age of low flush toilets, a blast of water might be a good thing for the system.
This is a good read on the subject of septic and brine. Different studies, different conclusions.

 

[MossRoad]

Also, salt does not evaporate. If you dump it on your lawn, or on rocks, etc... the salt is going to stay there in the immediate area for a long, long time until it is flushed away elsewhere.

 

[bearhawk]

Hi,

Any issues putting the waste line from the water softener system into the septic system?

Tom

The salt helped kill my enviro-septic system. I don't think it is as bad for an older pipe and stone system.

I would dump it to a dry well.

 

[MikePA]

I have been using potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride since the beginning.

Same here because our softener waste line runs into the sump pit and I didn't want salt water corroding the pump. The sump pipe dumps into a drainage ditch.

 

[dfeck]

I had a house that was 6 years old and had to replace my distribution box due to it being eaten away and caving in. I'm not sure if it was my softener system dumping into it or not but a 6 year old box shouldn't have been replaced after 6 years. I was told by a few septic companies to never dump your softener into a septic system. First, it's not good for bacteria and second it's corrosive to concrete. However, the water softener company tells me there are no problems dumping into septic systems. From my experience I would not have my softener dump into my septic system.

Doug

 

[dodge man]

Mine regens every 3 days, and I think it dumps 50 gallons every time. There are 4 of us, and I think we are near maximum capacity for our septic system.